"Whatever Jesus taught, you may see embodied in Himself. With His lips He taught the mercy of God to sinners; and of this attribute He gave a beautiful illustration in His own deep interest in the sinful, in His free intercourse with the most fallen, and in His patient efforts to recover them to virtue, and to a devoted reliance on their Father in heaven. So, His preaching turned much on the importance of raising the mind above the world; and His own life was a constant renunciation of worldly interests, a cheerful endurance of poverty that He might make many truly rich." W. E. Channing.