Parish Papers by Norman Macleod
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"God _so_ loved the world in giving His only-begotten Son" to be its
Creator and Governor, and the Prophet, Priest, and King of His Church. _God the Son_ will be glorified! Every event and act in His great mediatorial kingdom will shew the grandeur of His character. The whole world's history will be as a mirror, full of the light of this Sun of Righteousness,--reflecting the greatness of His power, the depths of His wisdom, the beauty of His holiness, and the riches of His grace. He will "be glorified, too, _in_ His saints." Each believer will not only be a living monument of what Christ has done, but, as a child of God, will also be in his character an image of what Christ the first-born _is_! _God the Spirit_ will be glorified when the results are made manifest of all He has done for and in the Church, and of all which men have received from this Teacher, Sanctifier, and Comforter! If many will have cause to mourn upon that day because they have resisted and grieved Him by their wilful impenitency and wickedness, what a multitude, greater than any man can number, will adore Him for the spiritual ignorance in the ways of God which He dispelled,--the all-sufficient strength for duty and trial, for life and death, which He imparted,--the holy love which He shed abroad upon their hearts,--the good fruit which by His aid they produced in their lives,--the calm peace which He gave to their consciences,--the prayers heard and answered by God which He prompted,--and the joy unspeakable to which He often raised their souls! Thus will the proceedings of the great day of judgment, without one single exception, reveal to the intelligent universe the glory of God,--Father, Son, and Spirit,--as displayed in the government of the |
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