But when we see Him up there it will be triumph without suspense. It was the shadow of Christ that had come upon her. Reeves, M. A.As vain and troublesome a world as this is, and as short and uncertain as our abode is in it, yet are we so strangely charmed with the glittering appearances in our way as to forget the crown of glory at our journey's end. That is the use to be made of such events as they touch us. The fruit is not here, but fruit may come hereafter in abundance out of those very failures which prune and curtail and sharply discipline us here. Ah! God is appearing all the while to those who have eyes to see Him. You have looked down to see the city and the streamlet below; you could just ken yonder steeple and mark that pinnacle; but they were all so swathed in the mist that you could scarcely discern them. But in these transfigurations there are contrasts as well as analogies. H. We shall be sure it is He; for when we enter heaven we shall know Him by His manhood and Godhead. THE POSITIVE NATURE OF VISION. (2)He will be manifest in perfect happiness. Therefore we hope to come upon other duties, and so to enter into other feelings than any we now know. What the end of this social change will be we do not know, but there is no reason to doubt that society will make as great gains as it has made in the past. We are not to think that this transforming process belongs only to the life beyond. (2) Our characteristic principles.III. It is because of this fact that the different parts of our common life at least match themselves into a congruous and harmonious whole. And our pardon is pronounced by the judge sitting upon the throne.3. This is not the world to appear in. This is the 7th sermon in the Light And Life series from the Gospel of John. Now all that we can learn of what we shall be here after is to be sought here and now, in our human lot, amid our fellows, in our common brotherhood. You have looked down to see the city and the streamlet below; you could just ken yonder steeple and mark that pinnacle; but they were all so swathed in the mist that you could scarcely discern them. A. God is appearing all the while to those who have eyes to see Him. It is the same one. There must be repentance and _____by the Holy Spirit – and man cannot control the Spirit. The Son creates them at once to new majesty as He once created worlds, for His power is dealing with an entirely obedient material, a material ruled by regenerated wills promptly and absolutely responsive to His sovereignty. Has not your religion been a joy to you in your difficulties? Impertinent preaching, when, though it be never so pertinent to some in the church, yet if it be not pertinent to him, he loves it. Young man, the text says, "We shall see Him as He is." "It doth not yet appear," etc.(R. See how the tide of progress sets steadily Christward — more peace and less war, more justice, more equality, more mercy and kindness and goodwill. Not yet, but the root of what we shall be hereafter is here embodied in the soul. What is the explanation of that perfect likeness? We shall be sure it is He; for when we enter heaven we shall know Him by His manhood and Godhead. It is pleasant to believe His grace, but we had rather see it. For then, then alone, are just men completely blessed, when their spirits are made so perfect that they clearly contemplate all truth and fully enjoy all good; that is, when the whole orb of the soul is filled with perfect light and perfect love. (with 2 Corinthians 3:18): — The transfigurations of Moses and Christ were events that did more than accredit their Divine missions. if we ever see our Saviour, we shall know Him by His wounds. Ruskin, in his "Modern Painters," tells that the black mud or slime from a footpath in the outskirts of a manufacturing town — the absolute type of impurity — is composed of four elements — clay, mixed with soot, a little sand, and water. He speaketh upon the supposition that we are God's children.(T. Ah! The holy Psalmist said, "I shall be satisfied when I awake in Thy likeness"; "I shall behold Thy face in righteousness." 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