leaving Limbo, they saw the dead body of Christ! How their affections glowed for the being who suffered so much for them! When our Lord immediately afterwards reunited this body to His soul, the oracle of David was fulfilled: " The Lord hath reigned, He is clothed with beauty; the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded Himself." (Ps. xcii. 1.) He now assumed the four properties of a glorified body, viz., Lucidness, by which He becomes brighter than the sun itself; Subtilty, by which He can penetrate the sepulchre, and every other material substance; 3. Agility, by which He can move Himself to the most remote place, in the smallest division of time; 4. Impassibility, so that He is now incapable of suffering or dying. Thus crowned with glory, our triumphant Redeemer may say in the words of David, "Thou hast turned for Me My mourning into joy; Thou hast cut My sackcloth, and hast compassed Me with gladness." (Ps. xxix. 12.)
III. The eternal Father, joined by all His angels and the liberated saints of Limbo, congratulates the glorious Saviour of mankind, and they exclaim, " Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power, and divinity, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and benediction." (Apoc. v. 12.) Join your voice with theirs, and say, "This is the day which the Lord has made: let us be glad and rejoice therein." (Ps. cxvii. 24.) Be convinced that the tribulations of the just are short, and their joys eternal, and that " if we suffer with Christ, we shall be also glorified with Him." (Rom. viii. 17.)
