his mind's eye, which urged him onward to renown. Great man! but little in all thy greatness; what was that "radiant orb," that filled the eye of thy soul, in comparison with the object which fills the eye of the believer's soul, when by faith he beholds the Saviour as the glory of the Lord, and follows on, like the Israelites, in the path of the fiery and cloudy pillar! May this "radiant orb," this world of light, my universe, my all, be continually before me, and allure me on to infinitely more than earthly renown!

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Who is this that appears at "the gates,' everlasting doors" of heaven? He is the KING And "who is this King of glory?"

OF GLORY.

He is "the Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord

mighty in battle." the King of glory."

"The Lord of hosts, he is

But do I not behold the

"Lord of glory crucified by the princes of this world"? My Saviour, then, is the King and Lord of glory. It is the cross that seals his title to the crown, which shines with so much splendor on his beaming brow. "Now," when he had his cross in near prospect, "Now is the Son of man

glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. To the father of the faithful he appeared as the God of glory,"

,”* when he called him out of darkness into light, and gave him the promise of Canaan, and of a still better country. Abraham, as well as his children by faith, could say, “ The God of glory is my Saviour.” The salvation, therefore, which I expect from him, is glorious and divine, perfect in all its parts, as the author of it is perfect.

The Lord Jesus is also the glory of his church, as much as he is the glory of the Father. Thus did Isaiah address Sion - -" The Lord shall be i thine everlasting light, and thy God thy glory." + By bringing his church into vital union with himself, as a bride with the bridegroom, he imparts to her his own glory; for the glory of his righteousness is hers, and therefore he can “present her to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing." | A glorious church, indeed; not as she appears in the robe of power, and in the splendor of wealth, but as filled with the presence of the Lord in the

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midst of her. 6. This honor have all his saints ; and, like the planets, they reflect more or less of his glory, according to the nearness or remoteness of the orbit in which they move.

My Saviour, be thou the glory of my soul. I shall need no other. Angels and archangels have none higher and none brighter. Nay, they have none so bright. Thou art their glory in the relation of Creator, and by the tie of electing love.

Thou art my glory by a more intimate relation, by a communication of nature, and by the tie of redeeming love.

Brightness of the Father's glory,

Image of the Father's face,
While ten thousand worlds adore thee,

Suppliant, I entreat thy grace.
Richly shone thy Godhead's glory,

Ere the morning stars were made ;
Richer, when our souls implore thee

For thy promised mercy's aid.

Show me, Saviour, show thy glory;

Not in Sinai’s pomp arrayed,
But as when the cross upbore thee,

Vested in thy robes of glory,

Martyred, living Saviour owned, Soon shall all the world before thee,

See thee, Son of God, enthroned.

Then - transporting thought!--thy glory

Shall thy risen church enshrine; Then, while countless hosts adore thee,

Heaven and glory shall be mine.

GOD,

My Saviour is my God. None, indeed, but God, could be my Saviour. None else could undertake the work of salvation. Were it possible that Jesus never bore the name of Deity, yet his accomplishment of the plan of redeeming mercy, whereby a brand is plucked from the everlasting burnings, and converted into a pillar in the heavenly temple, as fully evinces the essential divinity of his nature, as creation proves the Creator to be divine.

“ Behold! God is my salvation.” Let Satan behold this, and despair of effecting the ruin of my soul. Let the world behold this, and no longer either wonder at or scorn me for reposing my eternal all upon this security. Let my own soul behold it, and say, “I will trust, and not be afraid." * Whom could I intrust with