Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-10-06
The Temple OF God.

God was glorified in the holy beauty Of
the earthly tabernacle which he built for
himself In the wilderness. Every part of
that temple spoke Of his holiness, and said,
Be ye holy, for am holy" He was glori-
ied ia the holy beauty of the temple of Jeru-
salem, for every stone Of that temple and
every vessel in that temple spoke even more
completely and more perfectly than did the
tabernacle before it Of the holy beauty OF
him whose temple it was-the holiness OF
him to whom the hosts of heaven sing,
Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God of hosts
the whole earth is full of his glory" He is
glorifed in the holy beauty of him who is
the embodiment of the tabernacle and the
temple of him who, standing in the midst
Of the temple and looking round upon its
building, said, Destroy this temple, and in
three days will raise it up" In the holy
beauty of this temple, which was the fulfill
ment of all temples and of all temple SER
vice, God was glorifed in way such as he
had never been. In the holy beauty of the
Incarnate Word God manifest in the fiesh
Son Of God aud son of man, God was pre-
eminently glorified, 80 that at the close OF
the service-the service, may say, Of that
living temple--it could be said, ~ have
glorifed thee on the earth, have finished
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And if you want to see a specimen-a glo-
rious, divine, perfect, unblemished specimen
of holiness in which God is glorifed, you
must look to the temple of the Incarnate
| God, Christ Jesus. But, further, God is
glorified in the holy beauty of his church,
which is his temple. He has been from the
1t has been imperfect holiness from the
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| for the church upon earth has never been
perfect. Still, it is only in that church that
God has been glorifed, and in the holiness
of that church in so far as holiness has been
exemplified. The church of God, from the
beginning, has been that from which the
glory of God has gone forth. But, further,
God is glorified in the holy beauty of each
member OF the church. 1t is not merely
the corporate holiness, if | may so speak
but it is the individual holiness of the mem.
bers Of the church that gloriies him who
hath called US out of darkness into his mar.
velous light, and who "loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own blood,
who hath manifested towards us all the ex
ceeding riches of his grace and kindness in
Christ Jesus. 1t is in the individual holi
ness of believers that God is glorifed, ant
in proportion as we bring forth in our char
acters, in our persons, in our daily walk
this holiness-God's ideal Of holiness, a.
seen in his Incarnate Son-in that proper
ton God is glorified in us Individually
Aud in proportion as we depart from tina
divine standard of holiness, that holy beaut,
exhibited in the Son of God in proportion
as we walk inconsistently, speaking worldl,
words, living worldly life, walking
| worldly walk, in that proportion we dishono
God and defle his temple. For it is writ
ten, not only 1.-the temple of God is holy
which temple are ye," but it is said, ." if an
man defle the temple of God, him will Go,
destroy" And in walking inconsistently
not only with our creed or with our profes
sion, but with our divine model, are we no
defiling the temple of God p? "Know y
not that your body is the temple of the Hol
Ghost 7" "Know ye not that ye are tn
temple of God ?" Aud each individua
feels himself, or ought to feel himself re
sponsible for the sanctity of the temple o
God.-Rep. DR.. Horatius Bonar.