re afraid." They did not dare to look about them. The Cloud of
Glory lifted. How long they lay prostrate and trembling, we do not know.
At last a hand gently touched them. It was the hand of Jesus. His voice
bid them, "Arise, and be not afraid. And when they had lifted up their
eyes they saw no man, save Jesus only."

[Illustration: THE TRANSFIGURATION _Old Engraving_ Page 106]

The Transfiguration was over. Its grand purpose was accomplished. Master
and disciples were prepared for the labors and trials to which they must
return. The night ended. As the morning sun glistened on the peaks of
Hermon, while darkness yet overspread the plain below, Jesus descended
with the three, to the nine awaiting their return.

"And as they were coming down from the mountain, He charged them that
they should tell no man what things they had seen, save when the Son of
Man should have risen again from the dead. And they kept the saying,
questioning among themselves what the raising again from the dead should
mean."

Peter's and John's memories of that vision of their Lord were ever
distinct and precious. When it was no longer a secret, Peter wrote in
ecstasy of the hour in which they "were eyewitnesses of His majesty, ...
when they were with Him in the holy mount."

Let us notice the record by John. In the beginning of his gospel he says
"The Word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us." By this he means that
the Son of God became a man, and lived among men who witnessed His
life. But of all the events of that life which John had seen, there was
a special one in his mind, which not all men had witnessed. So he adds,
"We beheld His glory." This probably refers to the Transfiguration and
the Shechinah, which he and Peter and James had seen. And then he thinks
of how much greater Jesus was than John the Baptist, "a man sent from
God," "to bear witness of" Him. He thinks also of the great Lawgiver of
whom he says, "the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came by
Jesus Christ."

We imagine that ever after the Transfiguration, John thought of Moses
and the Shechinah together. Had he with his companions been permitted to
build three tabernacles or booths, "one for Moses," what delightful
visits John would have made him there, like that one which he had made
in the abode of Jesus on the banks of the Jordan.

[Illustration: MOSES ON MT. PISGAH _Artist Unknown_ Page 109]

I seem to hear Moses telling John something of his own history