ds express its fulness: the love that eternal ages
will never exhaust!

"Best of blessings He'll provide us,
Nought but good shall ere betide us;
Safe to glory He will guide us,
Oh, how He loves!"

[B: When we speak of GOD as a FATHER we must not forget that He is only
such in its full meaning to those who have become His children by faith
in CHRIST JESUS; and that the sad and solemn words of the loving Saviour
to the unconverted were, "Ye are of _your_ father, the devil." The
prodigal was a backslider: when furthest from home he could yet think
and speak of the privileges of his father's house.]

THE SECOND PERSON OF THE TRINITY.

The second clause of the blessing is the blessing of the SON, which is
not less full and appropriate. Through eternal ages the SON of GOD, He
became, in the fulness of time, the SON of Man. The Brightness of His
FATHER'S glory, the SUN of Righteousness, He came to manifest, as well
as to speak of, the FATHER'S love. He became the LIGHT of the world, as
well as the LAMB of GOD; but in each aspect doing the will, as well as
the work of GOD, He thus revealed the wondrous love and grace of the
FATHER, and His own perfect Sonship. The FATHER'S will included CHRIST'S
glad reception of all who come to Him, His meeting all their
need--saving, sanctifying, satisfying, keeping, raising up at the last
day--His giving Himself for, and giving Himself to, all those given to
Him of the FATHER.

He is indeed a wonderful Saviour! What light the incarnate WORD of GOD
(Who is Light) has thrown on the written Word of GOD! The law in its
legal requirements He has fulfilled, bringing in everlasting
righteousness, which is imputed to all those who are indeed in Him. He
has also fulfilled the Law in its manifold typical aspects--Himself the
Temple, the Priest, and the Sacrifice; Himself the Altar, the Offerer,
and the Victim; Himself the Lamp, and the Priestly Trimmer of the lamps
(as He is also the whole Vine, and yet the Life of each individual
branch of the Vine). Time would fail us to enumerate the various objects
and acts of typical service which were all fulfilled in Him. He too is
the BRIDEGROOM, from whose wounded side the Bride is being formed; and
He is waiting for His Bride, who will soon be caught up to meet Him in
the air. The true SOLOMON is He whose glory we shall share, and not only
so, but whose presence will be the ever-satisfying portion of His chosen
Bride.

The Bride