Is there a way to glory? Who? See John

xiv. 6.

Is there a hope of glory? Col. i. 27.

What is the hope of glory?

If we would have the hope of glory (Rom. v. 2.)-if we would have Christ formed in us (Gal. iv. 19; Col. i. 27.)-if we would "rejoice" in the hope of glory-what must we be? [We must first be "justified by faith."—]

If we would behold the glory of God, what must we do?

How may you partake of glory?

Through whom are you to partake of it?

What is always connected with the glory of God? [Holiness.]

The state of glory is a state of holiness: nothing that “defileth” can enter the presence of God.

We said that the heavens declare the glory of God-that His works in this world declare His glory-that there have been peculiar manifestations of the glory of God-that God is the fountain of glory-what great truth are we to apply to ourselves?

God is a Spirit, and must be approached by Jesus Christ. His glory is of a spiritual nature, and if we would behold it, we must seek it spiritually.

Would you now see something of the glory of God? Remember He is the Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God.

Would you be made meet for the full and

enduring manifestation of the divine glory in Heaven? "Come out and be separate" from the love of all things here: let this be the language of your heart, and of your life"Whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee."

HOLY OF HOLIES;

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MOST HOLY PLACE.

I.

What part of the tabernacle, and of the temple, was the Holy of Holies?

What divided it from the holy place? See Exod. xxvi. 33.

What did the most holy place contain? [Ex. xxvi. 33, 34; xl. 3, 20, 21; Deut. x. 5; Heb. ix. 34.]

What was manifested in it? Ex. xxv. 22. Who was to enter it? How often? Lev. xvi. 34; Heb. ix. 7.

With what was the high priest to enter it? [With fire, and incense, and blood. Lev. xvi. 12-14.]

How was the high priest to be clothed when he entered the most holy place? Lev. xvi. 4. What was he to offer for the people? Lev. xvi; Numb. xxix. 7—11.

How was the blood of the sin-offerings to be used? Lev. xvi. 14-19.

What was the high priest to bear upon his shoulders and his breast? Ex. xxviii. 12, 29. Whom did the high priest represent? Heb. vii. 23-28.

What did our great High Priest offer? Heb. ix. 12.

"Without shedding of blood is no remission." ver. 22. Christ has atoned for our sins by "His own blood."

We have seen that the vail divided the Holy of Holies from the holy place: when was the vail "rent?" Matt. xxvii. 51.

What did the rending of the vail signify? [The vail typified the human nature of Jesus Christ: see Heb. x. 20; the rending of the vail might denote the final sufferings, or rending of His human nature, through which a way was opened for sinners to the Holy of Holies-the presence of God.-By the rending of the vail might be further signified, that "the middle wall of partition" between Jew and Gentile was broken down, and that all nations were admitted to the privileges of the Gospel. Eph. ii. 14; and see John x. 16; Acts x. 45; Gal. iii. 14; Col. iii. 11.]

II.

Do you know of any thing, in the renewed person, which may be compared to the Holy of Holies?

What is the most inward part of the human being? [There is spirit, soul, and body (1 Thess. v. 23.) The spirit is the centre, and internal power of the being.]

What we have said of the high priest's entrance into the Holy of Holies, may be applied to the work of the Redeemer in the soul.-He comes into the spirit; He sprinkles it with the blood of atonement; He unites it with the Father, by virtue of this blood.-He comes with incense, with the heavenly sweetness of His nature. The high priest entered but once a year into the sanctuary: our great High Priest having prepared for Himself a temple in the innermost part of the soul, enters, there to abide for ever.

In the spirit,* consecrated by the indwelling of the Son of God, the Father delights to make His abode. (John xiv. 23.) He fills it with the beams of His light often the glory of the Lord appears in the house of the Lord.-God gives different tokens of His presence :-some

* Let us observe that all the temple is holy--every pillar, every vessel bears the impress of "holiness to the Lord"all the powers of the being receive of His presence, but they receive it through the spirit; there the light is primarily manifested, and thence it is diffused through the whole sanctuary of the "new creature."

times an individual ray-a distinct portion of truth and light-is sent into the spirit :-sometimes the effulgent union of every ray penetrates the being. At other times God manifests Himself in darkness; the cloud fills the sanctuary:still the spirit feels its God, the soul recognizes Him in incomprehensible majesty.

HORIZON.

What do we mean by the sensible Horizon? [By the sensible or apparent Horizon, we mean the circular line which determines that segment of the earth's surface, over which the eye can reach; or, more simply, that apparent line which terminates our view-the boundary of our view.]

What causes our horizon?

Have we always the same horizon?

What circumstances will make a difference in it?

Is its extent the same, when we are in a valley-on a plain-on a mountain?

Is our horizon the same, on an obscure as on a clear day?

Would it not be a great mistake to suppose nothing to exist beyond our horizon?

To the different inhabitants of the world, there must be an indefinite number of hori zons; and if you were to travel from the spot where you are, new horizons would continually open to you.