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attitude toward Him, he says, "He presses him to His heart, so to speak, while bearing him away. There is an infinite tenderness in these last words, 'unto myself.' It is for Himself that He seems to rejoice and look to this moment which will be the end of all sep aration." 4. At the coming again of our Lord Jesus and as a result of our then beholding Him as He is, WE SHALL BE MADE LIKE HIM. One of the most marvelous promises in the whole Bible is that uttered by John, the beloved disciple in I John 3 :2. He says, '' Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that if He shall be manifested, we.shall be like Him; for we shall see Him even as He is.'' The perfect beholding of our Lord in that day shall transform us into the perfect image of the Lord whorn we behold. Even in the life that now is, it is through behold ing the glory of .the Lord that we are '' trans formed into the same image from glory to glory,'' that is, each new view of Him imparts something more of His glory to us. But now we see only through a glass darkly and conse quently our reflection of His glory is im perfect. Then we shall see Him face to face
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