Mystery  shall  cease  to  rest  upon  the  ways  of
God.  A  more  perfect  revelation  shall  difiuse  the
brightness  of  it^  beams  over  the  wonders  which  had
been  hitherto  concealed  in  impenetrable  obscurity ;
and  '^  the  face  of  God,"  the  so  long  unapproachable

*  Job  xxiii.  8,  9.
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glories  of  the  Father,  shaD  be  disclosed  unveiled  to
our  eyes.  The  happiness  add  the  exaltation  which
may  be  thus  conferred  upon  us,  We  can  here  but
imperfectly  comprehend.  But  if  faith  and  hope
even  in  their  less  certain  anticipations  be  blest,
what,  we  may  ask,  shall  be  the  blessing  of  cer-
tainly itself!  How  shall  w€  rejoice  when  trust
shall  terminate  in  convictioii,  and  ''  that  which  is
in  part,"  that  which  affords  occasion  to  the  hesita-
tions of  doubt  and  fear,  '^  shall  be  done  away ! "  How
shall  we  exult,  when  we  shall  be  permitted  to  con-
template that  God  who  arrays  himself  in  the  mani-
fold mercies  of  protecting  omnipotence,  unbounided
love,  and  paternal  majesty !

They  who  are  thus  to  behold  ^*  Him  who  sitteth
on  the  throne,"  cannot  but  receive  a  proportional
augmentation  of  wisdom,  and,  consequently,  of  hap-
piness. Ignorance  and  error,  the  abundant  source
of  crime  and  misery^  to  them  shall  be  no  more*
They  shall  behold  all  that  is  good,  and  great,  and
holy,  and  pure,  in  Him  to  whose  footstool  they  are
invited  to  approach.  All  that  can  kindle  the  highest
emotions  of  gratitude  and  love,  a^  that  can  elevate
and  edify  the  heart,  shall  be  revealed  to  their  view.
