nd thus a hundred times. He changeth
not. He is the same loving, patient Lord towards His own in Glory as
He was on earth. "He shall not be discouraged," the prophet
declared. Even so His Patience knows no discouragement.

In all the dishonor done to His holy, worthy Name, He endures
patiently. He is silent to all what is done by His enemies. The
Patience of Christ. May the Lord grant us His Patience. John said to
himself, "I am your brother and companion in tribulation and in the
kingdom and _patience_ of Jesus Christ" (Rev. i:9). To that kingdom
and Patience of Jesus Christ of which John speaks of belonging we
belong. The martyrs belonged to it. Afflictions, persecutions and
sufferings were their part. They are ours. In humility, in
endurance, unflinching courage, in the patience of Christ, let us
suffer with Him, share His reproach until His Glory is revealed.

He Shall Not Keep Silent.

THE heavens have long been silent. It is one of the leading
characteristics of this present age, the closed, the silent heavens.
But they will not be silent forever. "Our God shall come and shall
not keep silence" (Ps. i:3). In His divine Patience the Lord has
been at the right hand of God for nearly two thousand years. He will
not occupy that place forever. It is not His permanent station to be
upon the Father's throne. He has the promise of His own throne,
which He as the King-Priest must occupy. Nearly two thousand years
have gone since He passed through the heavens and during that time
He has been rejected by the world. Every possible dishonor, insult
and shame has been heaped upon His holy head through the
instrumentality of the enemy, the devil. Never before has the
rejection of the Man in Glory been so pronounced, so radical, so
blasphemous as now. Those who love the Lord Jesus Christ are
constantly seized by an unspeakable grief on account of these awful
denials of the Christ of God and an horror as well. And still He
patiently waits. But He will not always wait. His Patience will some
day be exhausted. He will pray His unprayed prayer in Glory and ask
of the Father the nations and the uttermost parts of the earth. The
Father will then send the Firstborn back to this earth. When He
comes in visible Glory to this earth it will mean the day of
vengeance. The vengeance of God will fall upon His enemies. All the
Christ rejecters, the wicked men and women who received not the love
of the truth, but had pleasure in unrigh