joy did they behold thefe examples of the glory that shall be revealed! They faw in Mofes and Elias what themselves fhould be, after they had paffed through the grave, and gate of death. How could they fear being miferable, how could they be apprehenfive at the idea of diffolution? If one went from the dead, it was urged, that he would impart conviction to the moft obdurate. It was urged in reply, that Mofes and the prophets bore teftimony of equal magnitude and importance. Behold here Mofes, and the mighty prophet, and them too, come as it were from the dead! Behold, and confider that the faints of GOD are not loft, but departed-gone into a far country with their Lord, to receive a kingdom and to return. They fhall ftand at the latter day upon the earth, when JEHOVAH fhall come with ten thousand of his faints. Nor is this the condition of Elias

only, who was fnatched miraculously to Heaven-Mofes, who died and was buried, is his affociate. And fhall none be feen with their GOD, but they who were present in Horeb, in Carmel, in Tabor? When CHRIST who is our life fhall appear, then fhall we also appear with him in glory. We shall not all fleep, but we fhall all be changedwhile neither our fleep nor our change fhall feparate us from our GOD. O thou fervant of CHRIST, whether thou art called on to die, as on Mount Nebo, or whether the fiery chariot call thee, amidst the conflagration of a world, from this vale of mortality, remember that thou fhalt behold his prefence in righteousnefs; that when thou awakeft up after his likeness, thou fhalt be fatisfied with it fo fhalt thou triumph over thy laft and most dreadful enemy, difpelling all his terrours by the blifsful foretaste of glory.

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THE amazed difciples (their fenfes being overpowered by the magnificence of the spectacle before them) seem for a while to be loft in fpeechlefs extafy. Beholding unutterable things, they are entranced, as in fome heavenly vision. At laft their joy and wonder find words"Mafter, it is good for us to be here!"

BUT while their eyes are thus cheared with vifions of glory, what accents meet their ears? On what fubject do the great legiflator and the illuftrious prophet hold converfe with their Lord! In the prefence of thofe difciples, who still fondly adhered to the expectations of his temporal kingdom, they fpake openly of his deceafe" they fpake of his deceafe, which he should accomplish at Jerufalem." How could the apoftles bear the idea of fuch a parting? The throne of David was in their eye-how could they endure the fcandal of the cross? The fociety of their Mafter was their joy and

life-it was death to think of his departure. Yet, O LORD, what a time doft thou felect for this announcing thy paffion? When do thy blessed faints declare the wonders of thy love, and the bitterness of thine approaching fufferings? Even in the hour, when that face did fhine as the fun, which should afterwards be bruifed and fpat uponwhen that head was encircled with glory, which fhould be crowned with thornswhen thofe garments were bright and glittering, which fhould be torn and divided by thy rapacious and merciless executioners-when thou waft adored by the fpirits of juft men made perfect, who fhouldst be fcorned by the basest of men-in a word, when thou waft invefted with the majefty of the eternal GOD, who fhouldft afterwards be exposed to the utmost extremity of reproach, and fhame, and torture. O Lord, we learn by this great example

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the proper fubject of our most folemn meditations. We will never forget thy mercy-we will at no period whatever lofe fight of the wonders of thy love. Henceforth will we know nothing fave JESUS CHRIST, and him crucified.

O SAVIOUR, if thou wert fo glorious in Tabor, what art thou now in Heaven? If this were the brightness of thine human nature, what is the excellence of thy Godhead ? Of this fulnefs we shall all receive. Thou art our head, we are thy members. We are already delivered from forrow-hereafter fhall we be received unto joy. Thou fhalt change our vile body, that it may be like unto thy glorious body. Thefe earthly tabernacles fhall be bright as the fun-heaven itfelf fhall be manifeft on Our countenances-we fhall be clothed upon with immortality-and in our flesh we shall fee GOD.

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