appeared to the Apostles after they had seen their Lord ascend to heaven! So should they appear to you. Reflecting on heaven as the term of your existence, you should bid adieu to this world before it bids adieu to you, and leave nothing undone to secure for yourself a place in those heavenly mansions.
WEDNESDAY.
Heavenly Glory, in Regard to the Soul.
I. The soul will be completely penetrated with God, in a more perfect degree than heated iron is with fire. The memory will be constantly employed in the recollection of most delightful objects. The mind cannot be diverted from the present happiness which it enjoys. "They shall publish the memory of the abundance of Thy sweetness, and shall rejoice in Thy justice. " (Ps. cxliv 7.)
II. The understanding will be entirely absorbed in contemplating the vision of God. It will instantly behold the divine nature, the trinity of persons, the attributes of God, and other objects which are now mysterious. Then it will see the profound secret of God's decrees, and of His providence over each individual of the human family. "We see now through a glass in an obscure manner," writes St. Paul, "but then face to face." (r Cor. xiii. 12.) Exclaim with enraptured David, " Thy friends, O God, are made exceeding honorable." (Ps. cxxxviii. 17.)
III. The will, in an ineffable manner will adhere to God, and will be, as it were, transformed into Him by love and overflow with joy. The oracle of the Royal Prophet will then be fulfilled, "They shall be inebriated
