AFFLICTION— VEILED CHRIST
And He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations. Is. 25: 7.
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AFFLICTIO — VEILED CHRIST ROBERT STUART Mac ARTHUR
And He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations. Is. 25: 7.
And so through all, the veil of form and type Kept men from gazing on the perfect truth, Sense-bound they waited as the heir in youth Waits for the time of will and judgment ripe. But now the veil is drawn aside and we — The word of prophets, kings and psalmist scan, Find in the Christ the one true Son of man. In him the one true Lord and Saviour see. — Edward Hayes Plumtre.
a DEVOUT science, unscientific religion, tradition, infidelity, bigotry and superstition have drawn veils over the face of Jesus Christ both as Creator and as Redeemer. In every great religious reformation some of these veils have been removed. The highest duty of religion and science to-day is to unveil the face of God in Jesus Christ. When this glorious face is unveiled we shall hear the divine Christ say to us as he said to Philip, " he that hath seen me hath seen the Father." The vision of the unveiled Christ is a foretaste of heaven. The day is coming when we shall see him face to face, shall know him even as we are known, and shall be like him in his spotless purity, radiant, glory, and divine effulgence.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. Is. 9: 2, 3. For with Thee is the fountain of life: in Thy light shall we see light. Amen. Ps. 36: 9.
306 ROYAL MESSAGES 11-1 I sat down under His shadow with great delight; and His fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banquetting house, and His banner over me was love. Song of Solomon 2: 3, 4. There is no might in the universe That can contend with love. It reigns forever. — Alfred Tennyson. But now my will and wish were swayed by love, (As turns a wheel on every side the same.) Love, at whose word the sun and planets move. — Alighieri Dante. CHRIST'S banner over us is love. This love holds us in our station and duty, as soldiers are held together under the banner of their country. Under the inspiration of this love, timid women have become heroines, and brave men have become braver still. It has given a new and divine impulse to life at every point. It fires the brain, stirs the blood, and ennobles the soul. It transformed the noble Paul, and finally swept him on to duty and to death with the force of a resistless current. It was the dominating impulse in his superb life. It took possession of every thought, controlled every emotion, and stirred the
profoundest depths of his soul. It still controls the true followers of Christ. Worldly men cannot understand the power of this love; they think men are mad now, even as Paul was thought mad in his day. Thousands of missionaries leaving home and friends behind them, have gone to India and the islands of the sea, resistlessly impelled by the love of Christ to them, and by Christ's own love in them for the souls of the lost.
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death. Amen. Song of Solomon 8: 6.
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And He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations. Is. 25: 7.
And so through all, the veil of form and type Kept men from gazing on the perfect truth, Sense-bound they waited as the heir in youth Waits for the time of will and judgment ripe. But now the veil is drawn aside and we — The word of prophets, kings and psalmist scan, Find in the Christ the one true Son of man. In him the one true Lord and Saviour see. — Edward Hayes Plumtre.
a DEVOUT science, unscientific religion, tradition, infidelity, bigotry and superstition have drawn veils over the face of Jesus Christ both as Creator and as Redeemer. In every great religious reformation some of these veils have been removed. The highest duty of religion and science to-day is to unveil the face of God in Jesus Christ. When this glorious face is unveiled we shall hear the divine Christ say to us as he said to Philip, " he that hath seen me hath seen the Father." The vision of the unveiled Christ is a foretaste of heaven. The day is coming when we shall see him face to face, shall know him even as we are known, and shall be like him in his spotless purity, radiant, glory, and divine effulgence.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. Is. 9: 2, 3. For with Thee is the fountain of life: in Thy light shall we see light. Amen. Ps. 36: 9.
306 ROYAL MESSAGES 11-1 I sat down under His shadow with great delight; and His fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banquetting house, and His banner over me was love. Song of Solomon 2: 3, 4. There is no might in the universe That can contend with love. It reigns forever. — Alfred Tennyson. But now my will and wish were swayed by love, (As turns a wheel on every side the same.) Love, at whose word the sun and planets move. — Alighieri Dante. CHRIST'S banner over us is love. This love holds us in our station and duty, as soldiers are held together under the banner of their country. Under the inspiration of this love, timid women have become heroines, and brave men have become braver still. It has given a new and divine impulse to life at every point. It fires the brain, stirs the blood, and ennobles the soul. It transformed the noble Paul, and finally swept him on to duty and to death with the force of a resistless current. It was the dominating impulse in his superb life. It took possession of every thought, controlled every emotion, and stirred the
profoundest depths of his soul. It still controls the true followers of Christ. Worldly men cannot understand the power of this love; they think men are mad now, even as Paul was thought mad in his day. Thousands of missionaries leaving home and friends behind them, have gone to India and the islands of the sea, resistlessly impelled by the love of Christ to them, and by Christ's own love in them for the souls of the lost.
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death. Amen. Song of Solomon 8: 6.
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