of what she was, and did, were
within the veil. And the choice and the longing were always, in
perfect harmony with every strong human affection, directed towards
heaven She did indeed "wait, as for her Saviour, for the Lord Jesus
Christ." And the whole result, for those whom that life affected, was
a deep, strong evidence of Christianity. In her we saw the Gospel
beautify the present by lifting the veil of the blessed future. We
recognized the reality of Jesus Christ now by converse with one who so
much desired the sight of His glory _then_.

As we draw to an end, let us take up the closing words of our
paragraph, and read them as a special "lesson of faith." St Paul is
telling us of a change yet to pass over us, over these our bodies,
altogether inconceivable in kind and degree. They are to be
"transfigured into conformity to the body of our Saviour's glory."
Yes, it is inconceivable; in modern parlance, it is "unthinkable."
"How can these things be?" Well, Scripture does not invite us to
"conceive" it, to "think" it, in the sense of thinking it out. It
helps us indeed elsewhere (1 Cor. xv.) with intimations and
illustrations, up to a certain point; but this is not to explain, or to
ask us to explain. What it does is something better; it invites us to
trust a personal Agent, who understands all that He has undertaken, and
who is able. "How can these things be?" Not according to this or that
law, principle, or tendency, which we can divine. No; but "according
to the mighty working whereby HE is able to subdue all things unto
Himself."

The method of the Bible is to give us ample views of what Jesus Christ
is, and then (not before) to ask us to trust Jesus Christ to DO what he
says He can. He says, "I will raise you up at the last day." And He
does not go on to explain. He says nothing in detail of His _modus
operandi_. We are in absolute ignorance of it, as much as the
Christians of five, or ten, or eighteen centuries ago. We do not know
how. But we know Him. And He has said, "I will"--and has died and
risen again.

Shall we not rest here? It is good ground. "I know whom I have
believed; and am persuaded that He is able."

And what is true of His power and promise in this great matter of our
resurrection and our glory, is true of course all round the circle of
His undertakings. "He can subdue all things." And therefore, not only
death, and the grave, and the mysteries of matter, but also