to us is the field of observation!  “O the depth of the riches both of the knowledge and wisdom of God!  How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!” We gaze upon those majestic wheels of His providence, some of which take whole cycles to revolve, and “their wings are so high, that they are dreadful!” It is so, for example, with the history of Israel, which, commencing with Abraham, when earth was young, four thousand years ago, is still moving on as a distinct stream flowing amidst the waters of the great ocean, yet never mingling with them, though nearing the unfathomable gulf where all is still.

But “what we know not now, we shall know hereafter,” upon the great “day of the revelation of Jesus Christ,” when, in the light of unerring truth, the history of each man, and of the whole race, will be seen, and for the first time understood.  “Now we know in part, but then we shall know even as we are known.”  Every question which here perplexes or pains the thoughtful and conscientious inquirer, will be fully answered.  The secret and hitherto hidden springs of actions will be laid bare, and their remotest results disclosed.  We shall apprehend the real life—­the true philosophy—­of history.  Then will the government of Jesus Christ over the whole family of man, and every individual member of it, be seen—­what it has always by His Church believed—­to have been one of righteousness, wisdom, and love.

3.  Need I add, as the last grand result of judgment, that the Triune God will be glorified?

God the Father will be glorified!  The prayer of Christ shall then be fulfilled:  “Father, glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee!” The doxology of the apostle will be realised:  “To him be glory by the Church through Christ Jesus throughout all ages!” That glory will be seen in His having committed the government of the world to Jesus Christ.  Then will be understood, as it never was before, how “God so loved the world in giving His only-begotten Son” to be its Creator and Governor, and the Prophet, Priest, and King of His Church.

God the Son will be glorified!  Every event and act in His great mediatorial kingdom will shew the grandeur of His character.  The whole world’s history will be as a mirror, full of the light of this Sun of Righteousness,—­reflecting the greatness of His power, the depths of His wisdom, the beauty of His holiness, and the riches of His grace.  He will “be glorified, too, in His saints.”  Each believer will not only be a living monument of what Christ has done, but, as a child of God, will also be in his character an image of what Christ the first-born is!