May 25

PART II.—Acts 17:7.

JESUS Christ as a king, is possessed of the most illustrious distinctions and titles. He is the King immortal—he has life in himself—he ever liveth—he had no beginning of years, or end of days—he claims the prerogative of absolute immortality and self-existence—he is the “I am,”—the “Jehovah of Hosts,” and besides him there is none else. He is the King invisible. He once appeared in our world and tabernacled amongst us, and his glory was beheld, the glory as of the only begotten of the father, full of grace and truth, but now he is removed from our mortal vision having entered into the holiest place of all, where he ever appears in the presence of God for us. He is the King Eternal,—his reign shall be everlasting, and of his dominion there shall be no end. He is the King of Kings. His providence extends to all the affairs of earth

By him Kings reign. By him all the complex machinery of governments is overruled and directed. He is the King of glory. He dwelleth in glory. His throne is in the highest heaven. All the glorious hosts adore before him. All the angels of heaven worship him. For this King we should cultivate feelings of profoundest reverence and veneration. To him in all things we should be subject. His will is supreme and unchangeably binding in its obligations on all his disciples. The true christian, loves and fears, and adores Jesus as the King of Zion, and as head over all things to his Church.