April 2

God also hath highly exalted him. — PHIL. ii. 9.

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. — JOHN v. 22, 23.

IN the language of nature, the Son is the reproduction of the Father. God is infinite. The finite cannot directly know the infinite; whatever it knows, it knows by finite measures. Yet man is related to the infinite Father. He seeks therefore to symbolize God, his conscience demands the infinite Judge, his heart the infinite Father: but his symbols and measurements are all imperfect, therefore God gives us his Son, — a perfect reproduction of himself, morally, spiritually, and affectionally. The Son stands on this side the chasm of the infinite, — a part of organic nature, able to reproduce himself in us, our very flesh and blood. God therefore makes him our Judge, because he is the Judge in esse, the true type, perfect in love, truth, sympathy. Also, because it is essential that the symbol of Deity should be authoritative; having given us his Son, so that we can come into clear practical relations with, and likeness to, himself, he will not have us dishonoring the Son, and so blurring the divine standard and belittling the infinite majesty that saves us morally. The perfect light has come, and God holds us responsible; we must be judged by the Son.

John H. Weisen

All hail the power of Jesus' name!

Let angels prostrate fail;

Bring forth the royal diadem.

And crown him Lord of all.

EDWARD PERRONET.