The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-28
INTERNATIONAL S. S. LESSON
July 20, 1900. Luke X, $3.50.
The TRANSPORTATION.

| The setting suited the gem. ue
dazzling Wilderness OF everlasting snow;
the immovable might OF rocky barri-
cade; the solemn arch OF rlght---l more
appropriate environment for the most
lovely and majestic Of scenes can not
be imagined. Purity, power. solem-
nifty, were In the face Of Nature as she
beheld her Creators apotheos!s. j.
1t was a week after Peters confession
OF the Mpssiah's Divinity and Jesus
revelation OF the suffer:ngs in store for
him-a week spent In the came locality
and crowded With converse about these
matters-that the Master went up al
night Into one OF Natures ocatorlcs,
some spur OF Mount Hermon. He took
with him the three most advanced Of
his disciples. the dominant spirits Of
the Apostolic College ~ the Rock
man and the Sons OF Thunder - - >
Lifted toward heaven. and above the
possibility o. Intrusion. the four bowed
In prayer. Then, as afterward IN
Gethsemanae. the Savior went apart
for I seasonfof personal communion
with his Father, and the apostles
wrapped themselves In their outer
robes and fell asleep. Possibly. in
that darkest: hour Just before dawn,
they awakened with an lnsultive apprc.
henslon iiof something preternaturai
transpIring. They saw a sight OF
fade!ess ,splcndor. A third Of 4 cen,
fury afterward, Peter wrote OF 1t as II
It had transpircd the day before. -
The form OF the servant. In which Jc-
sus had condcscended to ciothe him.
self thrty.threc years before. was now
d!ssolVlng. HaiThe. fullness OF the God
like Moses, with reflected light; like
the sum- his radiance was self-der!yed.
His seamless robe became a web and
wool Of electrical light, his counten-
ancc like snow on which the sun 10
shining. or like the sun itself In merld
ian. But language OF earth is bank
rupti npeffortyto describe that scene.
- The etheriafized body OF Jes's riges,
and two holy4ones come. from glory to
meet him In the air, The souls Of the
apostles, Keyed up to the occasion, rec
ognize the vis!tants as. the one, the
man Of Sinai; the other, the man Of
Carmel-the founder and the''restorcr
OF Israel. The subject OF their CON.
rersatlon is the same rs that which
Jesus had with his disciples ut the
base Of that very mountaln-the cup
he was soon to drink. the baptism he
was. to be baptized with. the exode he
was soon to make. +. Peter, in the
ecstacy OF his Joy, burst in upon the
conversation of the immortaIs. The
woody slopes. with their wealth OF CO.
dar boughs, suggest the improvising
OF hasty shelters. after the manner OF
the Tabernacle feast-tIme. He Twill
fain prolons this scene until all 1srae'
can be summoned to that mount, and
behold Moses and Elijah, the law and
the prophet. humbfy paying court to the
glorifled Messiah. That will end al!
opposition. The nation will no longer
be faithlcss or unbelievIng. . Ineffa-
bly, glorious as the scene has been a.
ready, 1t has not yet reached its climax.
That cloudshaped splendor that appear
cd to patriarchs and prophets, anG
rested on the golden wings OF the cher
ubim, appears once more in these lat.
ter days. Moses, Elijah. Christ, law,
prophecy, atoncment. are all wrapped
In one. But the superiority OF Christ
and his atonement Is avouched for by
the voice OF the Father. II the law
giver and prophet have such an exalted
glory. what must be the Divine mai.
esty of the One in whose train they fol-
low He hath on his vesture n name
wrltten-king Of kings, and Lord OF
lords. In the supernal radiance Of thu
transiiTurot ton mount we worship thee
o Christ! We acknowledge thee to be
the Lord.