The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-07-04

Jesus Himself and thej mote Him and
spit upon Him, they never touched Him.
Nv. his FACE HEREAFTER
We have hints as TO what BE Is TO be
Ike Boz The hereafter. For God. who
commanded the light 90 shine out of dark.
ness nalh shIned Boo oar hearts. 10 give
the light Of the knowledge of the glory of
God in the face Of Jesus Chrst."-2 Cor.
iy. 3D.
We are told how Tie viii appear 10 the
sinner. "fOr the great day of tis wrath
Ia come. and who shall Be able TO stands"
-(Rev. vi; I'D There was q time when
as they sm0te Him they covered Ills lucc.
And some began 90 spit on Him, aud 90
cover His face, and to buffet Him, and say
unto Him, Prophecy. and the servants did
strike Him with The palms OF their hands"
MARK xiv. b5) But not now. His eyes
pierce His beh0idcrs through and through,
and their UnlOrglyeu sins bon awful process
sion pass by The cry of the lost soul b
Mountains and rocks, fall upon ms, and
hide us from His face" And 4 saw a
great white throne, and Him that sat on
it, from whose face the earth and the
heaven fled away; and there was found no
place for them" (Rev. XXX: ID This pas
sage gives another touch 10 the picture.
and what a change there is Once there
was in that fa,e that which brought little
children to Him, and made women love
Him; and now the very earth and the
heavens have fled away from Him. For
the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
and His ears are open unto their prayers:
but the face Of the Lord is against them
that do evil."-(1 Peter nj. l2l Gods
words are always true. Let him that hath
ears take heed.
We are told just little as to how lie
shall appear to the saint. For Thou wilt
not leave my soul IN hell; neither wilt
Thou suffer thine Holy One to see corrup-
ton. Thou wilt shew me the path OF life;
in Thy presence is funess of JOY; at Thy
right hand there are pleasures for ever
more" psalm xvi: 10, ID We have hints
of this Joy here We have left this pleas
ure because of His fellowship in this world.
We have had these experiences, which
have been like single notes dropped from
the songs of heaven. But they shall be
gathered all together there in one grand
anthem of praise, and we shall be filed
with the peace Of God for evermore.
V.
We have also some hints as TO how this
vision shall affect us when we see Him.
John says: 81 fell at His feet as dead. -
Rev. ii: H. 1t is supposed that the vision
was so startling, the face so sublime. just
as men in this world are overpowered be-
cause of some wonderful experience, so
John fell before Him in the skies
The TRANSPORTATION scene is another rep
resentation And after six days Jesus
taketh Peter, James and John ais brother,
and bringeth them up into a high mount
tain apart, and was TRANSPORTED before
them and His face did shine as the sun,
and His raiment was white as the light
| And behold. there appeared unto them
! Moses and Elias, talking with Him. Then
answered Peter and said unto Jesus, Lord,
it is good for us to be here: if Thou wilt,
let us make here three tabernacles one for
| Thee, and one for Moses, and one for
I Elias" Matthew xvii: La Peter said
let US live here forever" In this he was
but expressing the longing of every Chris
tian heart that beat after his, and what
Peter longed for God had promised to
give us. Jesus at the TRANSPORTATION is an
exact picture os Jesus as He stands in
glory, and as we shall see Him in eternity,