Glory Everywhere

“The fullness of the whole earth is His glory.’

IsA. vi. 3.

This was the song of the seraphim, those burning ministers whose purity is translucent, and who dwell in the immediate presence of God. And they sung that the fullness of natural glory is the vesture of the Lord. Wherever they gazed upon beauty, they knew it to be the hem of His garment. Every glorious thing was significant with God. Everywhere they heard the rustle of mystic wings. Their purity gave them senses of superlative refinement, and material things became transparent and sacramental, and they held communion with the inward spirit, which was the Spirit of God. Now we can almost test our spiritual strength by our discernment of the divine glory. The power of our lens is determined by the measure of our purity. We may

81 gauge our purity by our vision. How much, then, of ^Hhe fullness of the whole earth’’ do we recognise as the glory of God? How much of nature is vesture, the garment of an immediate Presence? When we go on our holidays to grand or lovely places, what kind of a time has the soul in vision and communion? How much of the grandeur of loveliness is felt to be holy ground, haunted by the indwelling Spirit of God? Or, when we gaze upon anything noble and glorious in human life, with what measure of readiness do we interpret the human ’ fullness” as the shining glory of God? Are our eyes dim and is our vision sealed, so that we can be in the wide house of the Lord and not know it, and be in the very brightness of His glory and not discern His presence? It is all a matter of eyes, and eyes are all a matter of holiness.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” ‘’ Lord, that I might receive my sight! “” Lord, if Thou wilt Thou canst make me clean.’’ ^^I will; be thou clean.’’ And in that reaction the eyes are enlightened to behold the glory of the Lord.