remarks. Humble yourself, therefore, and say with the prophet, "Who am I, or what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law of the King" {i Kings xviii. 18), or rather the adopted son of God? " As many as received Him, to them He gave power to be made the sons of God." (John i. 12.)
III. It is recorded of Moses in the sacred volume, that " he knew not that his face was horned" (i.e., resplendent with glory) " from the conversation of the Lord." (Exod. xxxiv. 29.) If you converse frequently with the Lord in prayer, you will in like manner be transfigured. You must make Him the exclusive and ultimate object of your love, and detest whatever displeases Him. St. Augustine writes, "Every one is such as is his love: if you love earth, you will be earth; if you love God, you will be as God."
MONDAY.
Christ Accused before Caiphas.
I. As soon as our Redeemer was brought before Caiphas, " the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put Him to death." (Matt. xxvi. 59.) Oh unheard-of injustice! Judges whose duty is to protect accused innocence, seek false witnesses against it. They patronize private and unjust envy, and cloak their evil designs under the pretence of public justice. See the Son of God standing at the bar, before His sworn enemies, surrounded by perjured witnesses, and malicious accusers. The innocent Lamb of God, " who did no sin, and in whose mouth no guile was found" (1 Pet. ii. 22), opposes profound silence to all the accusations brought against Him. "I as a deaf man," He says by the mouth of the prophet, " heard not, and
