The questions you ask me make me feel deeply how sorrowful are subtle questions upon the person of Jesus. They tend to dry up and confuse the soul. They cause the spirit of love and worship to be lost, and in its place to put intricate questions, as if the mind of men could explain the way in which the humanity and divinity of Jesus are united. It is in this sense that it is said, "No man knoweth the Son save the Father." I need not say that I do not pretend to do so. The humanity of Jesus is incomparable. His was a true and real humanity, body and soul, flesh and blood like mine, as far as humanity is concerned, sin excepted. God was not in Adam; God was in Christ. Jesus was Son of Man; Adam was not. Our precious Saviour was man as truly as I am as regards the simple abstract idea of humanity; but without sin, miraculously born by divine power. And more than this, He was God manifest in flesh. Now, having said so much, I entreat you with all my heart not to try to define and discuss the person of our precious Saviour. You will lose the savor of Christ in your thoughts, and you will get in its place only the barrenness of the human mind in the things of Christ, and the affections which belong to them. I have begged the Brethren to refrain from this and they are all the better for it. In the Church it is the worst sign I have met with. It is sad to get in this way, very sad. J. N. Darby.