The name given to our Lord in connection with His birth was Immanuel, which being interpreted is, "God with us." One of the most beautiful doctrines of the Christian faith is the divine immanence, the continued presence of the ever-living Christ with His people; for
For God is never so far off as even to be near, He is within.
—F. W. Faber
Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands or feet.
—Alfred Tennyson
I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
