millions upon millions, and myriads of millions, adoring Him in perpetual worship, and saying, 'Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus; Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; heaven and earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest.' And that worship upon earth mingles with the worship of heaven. For before the throne there are Saints and Martyrs, and Angels and Archangels, and dominions and principalities and powers, and virtues and thrones, and Cherubim and Seraphim; and in the splendour of eternal glory all created things are casting their crowns of gold before the Sacred Heart of Jesus, saying, 'Worship and glory and thanksgiving and wisdom and praise be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne.' The Sacred Heart of Jesus to all eternity will be adored, in the glory of God the Father. THE TEMPORAL GLORY OF THE SACRED ᎻᎬᎪᎡᎢ. His eyes shall see the King in His beauty. ISAIAS XXXiii. 17. WHEN the prophet spoke these words, Jerusalem was in fear and desolation. The hosts of Assyria were coming up round about its walls, and the enemy was mighty and confident in his strength. The people of Jerusalem were terror-stricken and conscious of their own weakness. And in that time of anxiety and fear the prophet lifted up his voice, and promised to the inhabitants of Jerusalem that they should yet 'see the King in His beauty;' that is, the glory of the Son of David, the peace and victory of His Kingdom over all its enemies. But the prophet was gazing on no earthly king when he spoke these words. He was looking upon no created beauty; the throne of David disappeared in the glory that arose before him; the walls of Jerusalem passed out of his sight; it was not Ezechias, it was the Word Incarnate reigning upon His throne, of whose beauty the prophet spoke. |