sense, but that he will have dropped the thicker, more stifling covering
of sin, and, being perfectly like God, will be able perfectly to gaze on
Him, and, perfectly gazing on Him, will grow ever more perfectly like
Him.

The choice for each of us is whether the veil will thicken till it
darkens the Face altogether, and that is death; or whether it will thin
away till the last filmy remnant is gone, and 'we shall be like Him, for
we shall see Him as He is.'




THE SONG OF TWO CITIES

'In that day shall this song he sung in the land of Judah; We have a
strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. 2. Open
ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may
enter in. 3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed
on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee. A. Trust ye in the Lord for ever:
for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength: 5. For He bringeth down
them that dwell on high; the lofty city, He layeth it low; He layeth it
low, even to the ground He bringeth it even to the dust. 6. The foot
shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the
needy. 7. The way of the just is uprightness: Thou, most upright, dost
weigh the path of the Just. 8. Yea, in the way of Thy judgments, O Lord,
have we waited for Thee; the desire of our soul is to Thy name, and to
the remembrance of Thee. 9. With my soul have I desired Thee in the
night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek Thee early: for when
Thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn