Through Christ had been communicated every ray of divine light that had ever reached our fallen world. It was He who had spoken through everyone that throughout the ages had declared God's word to man. Of Him all the excellences manifest in the earth's greatest and noblest souls were reflections. The purity and beneficence of Joseph, the faith and meekness and long-suffering of Moses, the steadfastness of Elisha, the noble integrity and firmness of Daniel, the ardor and self-sacrifice of Paul, the mental and spiritual power manifest in all these men, and in all others who had ever dwelt on the earth, were but gleams from the shining of His glory. In Him was found the perfect ideal.

Enhver stråle af det guddommelige lys, der nogensinde er nået til vor faldne verden, er blevet tildelt os ved Kristus. Det var ham, der havde talt gennem enhver af dem, som gennem tiderne havde forkyndt Guds ord for menneskene. Alle de store egenskaber, der åbenbaredes i verdens største og ædleste sjæle, var en genspejling af ham. Josefs renhed og godhed, Moses' tro, ydmyghed og sagtmodighed, Elisas standhaftighed, Daniels ædle retskaffenhed og fasthed og Paulus' nidkærhed og selvhengivelse den sjælelige og åndelige kraft, der åbenbarede sig i disse mænd og i alle andre, der nogensinde havde levet på jorden, var kun glimt fra lyset af hans herlighed. I ham fandtes det fuldkomne ideal.