Such is the character of Christ as revealed in His life. This is the character of God. It is from the Father's heart that the streams of divine compassion, manifest in Christ, flow out to the children of men. Jesus, the tender, pitying Saviour, was God "manifest in the flesh." 1 Timothy 3:16.

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White, Ellen Gould: Steps to Christ. Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1892; 2002, SC 12.2