The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-01-13
Moral and Religious.
TIL d s ANIOUR


Before whom is it that the pioneering prophet crieth
in the wilderness' 1t is less and no other Than
Jehovah, "Prepore ye the way of the LoRb; make
straight in the desert highway for our CON- That
"mOre than prophet" John the Baptist, teaches
to understand this Of my Saviour but Isaiah
added, " The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
md all flesh shall SEQ it together" Now, my Saw
ionr was the grand object Of revelation, and he is
therefore THE Glory or THE LORD. In him
and through him alone does Jehovah manifest his go
~ to our fallen Considered absructedly, the
divine glory is the display Of all the divine per-
fections in harmonious union. These perfec,ions,
however in this harmonious union, are Jehovah him
self and the glory of the Lord IL but another to
Jehovah-of the Lord Jesus, in whom "dweleth all
the fullness OF the Godhend bodily" "In him all the
funess was pleased TO dwell"
1t is related Of Lord Nelson, that, at critical
fnent of his early ire ga sudden glow of patriotism
was kindlod within him." and that, "fom that time,
n radiant orb was suspended in his minds eye which
Urged him onward TO renown' Great mani but lit
tie in all thy grsaness what was that 'radiant orb"
that filed the eye ofthy soul, in comparison with the
object which fills the eye of the believers soul, when
by faith he beholds the Saviour the glory of the
Lord and follows on like the Israelites in the path
this world of light, my universe, my all, be continu-
ally before me, and allure TO infinitely more
than earthly ronown!
Who ia this that appears at ''the gntes the ever
lasting door" Of heaven! lie is the KING OF CLIO
ny. And ''who is the King Of gloy?" lie is "the
Lord of hosts, he is 'thc Lord, strong and mighty,
tho Lord mighty in battle" "The Lord Of hosts, he
is the King of glory But do I not behold the
JoC, Cd hv ta Of
My Saviour, then, is the King and Lord of glory
IT is the that seals his title to the CROWN which
shines with much sp!endor on his beaming brow,
"Now," when he had his in near prospect,
Snow the son of man gIorifed, and God is glor-
fed in him. If God be glorifed in him, God shall
also glory him in himself, and shall strutway glori-
fy him. To the father of the faithful he appeared ms
''rhc God Ct glory" when he called him of dark
into light, and gave hm the promise Of Canaan,
and of a still better country Abraham, well
his children by faith could say, "The God ofgory is
my Saviour" The salvation therefore, which ex-
pect from him. is glorious and divine, perfect in all
parts us the author Of il is perfect
The Lord Jesus is also the glory of his church, as
much as he is the glory of the Father. Thus did l.
saah address Son-"The Lord shall be thine
lasting light, and thy God thy glory" BY bringing
his church into vital union with himself, as a bride
with the bridegroom he inpars TO her HE glory,
for the glory ofhis righteousness ehers, and there
fore he can 'present her himself glorious church;
rot having spot wrinkle, or any such thing. -
glorious church indeed; not she appears in the
robe of power, and in the splendor Of wealth, but
filed with the presence Of the Lord in the midst of
her "1his honor have all his saints;" and, like
The planets, they reflect more or less Of his glory,
according TO the nearness or renotcness of the orbit
IN which they move
My Saviour, be tlou the glory OF my soul. shall
need no other. Angelo and arclianges have none
higher and none brighter. Thou their glory in
the relation Of Cra.tor and by the tie of eecng love-
Thou ar. my glory by intimate relhtion, by
communication of nature, and by the tie OF redeem
ing love.
Brightness OF the Fathers glory,
Image of the Fathers face,
While ten thousand worlds adore thee,
Suppant, enreat thy grace
Richly shone thy Godhsad's glory,
Ere the morning stars made;
Richer, when our souls implore thee
For thy promised mercy's aid.
Show me. Saviour, show thy glory;
Not in Sinai's pomp nrrayed,
But when the upbore thee,
Meath the ark-veied heavens shade
Vested in thy robes of glory
Martyred living Saviour owned,
Soon shall all the world before thee,
See thee, Son Of God enthroned
Then-trausporting thought!-thy glory
Shall thy risen church enshrine;
Then, while countless h,sts adore thee,
Heaven and glory shall be mine.