The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-10
A DAY OF REVELATION.

eth them VI, into a high mountain apart,
and was TRANSPORTED before them: HIS
face did shine the sun, dis il rent
was white as the ight.'-AIattaew xvii,
], 2.
.'And after six days" Does not every
thing truly religious happen after six
days? The Lord rested the seventh day
and the Lord was transigurel, or me-
tamorphosed, on the seventh day. Let US
take note of time and the SUGGESTION If
events Men in other sections Of life are
noting laws OF averages and poin.s of
coincidence; let us who live in the temple
also have our eyes open towards tie
methods and periods Of revelation.
All three evangelists concur in stating
that the Lord was changed bc:o,e three
Of His chosen friends. '.Aftcr six days
we too. mead new point OF view; af-
ter the toll, WEAKNESS, exhausted in
strength, cast down in spirit, we required
protection. security, revelation, uplifting.
Jesus taketh Peter, James, and john
He was always taking those men some
where. We don't understand, yet there
is music in this mystery. as there
is darkness in the stars. Abraham Isaac,
Jacob in the Old Testament; Peter,
James and John in the New, each has
its trinity of manhood. Let those who
are curious about such matters, and the
curiosity is both instructive a:ld permls-
sible, consider the different characters
tics and temperaments of these three
o,,1 how t1,,-ao
are three on earth and in heavsn). CID
made man in His own likeness and.
image, and 1t takes three of US to make
UP whole man.
and bringeth them up into E,rh
mountain High places should bring
high thoughts. Matter should help split.
No man should be vulgar or impious on
the top of a mountain a man ought to
lose all his lower nature in the face of
a sunset. Il should make him religious If
not a Christian. At such a farewell he
should tremble with the desire to ascend
to a. purer cline.
We are mountain-born, If we did but
know it. There be those who take US up
littleness. They do well and we should
all betake ourselves to high places, Sc
cret temples. We should often meet God
on the top Of the mountains, early in tho
morning. Then should we return with
the dew of Heaven upon our lives, bap-
tized anew, refreshed and blessed.
He was TRANSPORTED before them,''-
changed into another Being. What
pies!
When they had gone up with Jesus in
to the mount He was but the humble car
penter's son, a man like themselves; poor
and young and homeless-one who felt
the heat and cold on the rough roads
as much as they did. They knew He
spake as never man spake, but they did
not fully understand Who aud what He
was.
They expected his kingdom to be Of this
world. His glory was to consist in pal
aces and armies and riches and jewels,
all the magnificence with which Solo
mon had reigned. He was to restore
to the Jews all the vast treasures which
the Romans had taken by robbery, and
He was to make the Jewish nation like
the Roman, the conqueror and master of
the whole earth.
1t was to show them that His king
dom was from hence. that He took them
apart and was TRANSPORTED before them.
They saw His glory, the gloFy OF
the only beGotten son Of the Father, full
Of grace and truth. All the love and
majesty and courage and wisdom. resig-
nation and pity. that lay in His noble
heart shone forth in Els face and glori-
Gus person and made Him appear what
he really was-A God! o; what sight.
Would it not be worth while to journey
thousands of miles-to go through all diff
culties and dangers, for one sight Of that
blessed face? Oh, that We might fall
down upon our knees before it, and if
it were only for a moment, give way to
the delight of finding something that
we could utterly love and adore!
The apostles felt all this. and they felt
more than this. There are m;,ny lessons
to be learned from this marvellous scene.
We can only touch on a few of them.
That shining countenance beamins on
them, the rapt converse of the saints in
glory. did it not tell them OF the won
drous, ineffa.le bliss prepared for those
who love God. His raiment was changed
from the sad and common garb He wore
into one brilliant and dazzling as the sun.
1t was as if our: Lord had said, I am
a. King and have put on glorious apparel,
but from whence does the glory Of Ny