blemish in any of its waving folds. Its purity is that of the sunbeam or
Every form of attraction gathers round Him. That attraction is felt to be resistless. With joyful swiftness we hasten to Him whose wondrous goodliness we have thus newly discovered. We henceforth move around Him as our centre. We are drawn off from vanities that once bewildered us. The world has lost its comeliness: nay, it has been utterly darkened. It shines no more. It wins no more. It is Egypt to us now, in which we were vile bondsmen. It is Babylon to us now, in which we were weary exiles and captives. But we are free. The true light has risen.
We have seen something that has drawn our eye, and won our heart The beauty of the world has vanished. Its lustre has waxed dim. In the love of Him who loved us and gave Himself for us, we have found that which has dissolved the bonds of earth, and fastened us to heaven with an everlasting tie.
It is but little of the glory that we have seen as yet; but it is enough to allure us away from vanity, and to make us desire the day when we shall see Him face to face, "whom having not seen, we love."
Divine Raiment
"He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness."—ISA. 61:10.
ISRAEL shall yet sing this song in the latter day, when forgiven and restored; but meanwhile, the Church can use it as her own. For hers is a robe "broad as the law, spotless as the light, and richer than an angel ever wore, the robe of Jesus." Jehovah himself clothes her with it.
1. It is a robe of purity. There is not a stain on all its breadth, nor a blemish in any of its waving folds. Its purity is that of the sunbeam or the starbeam, which nothing can soil or dim.