THE REV. THOMAS CONNELLAN, - The Gospel Magazine

The Gospel Magazine. 533
Jesus meets every case, and supplies every need. The gracious King
reveals Himself also in the galleries of Worship. In His own complex
Person the Lord Jesus is the true Temple, the meeting place of God
and man, because He is the God-man. Not only so, the Lord Jesus is
likewise Himself the true object of the believer's worship, because He
is God, and because the Father can only be approached in Him. Out
of Christ, our God is a consuming fire.
In Gospel galleries the dear Redeemer reveals Himself with pierced
hands outstretched to welcome all who come unto Him labouring and
heavy laden, needing and seeking the rest He alone can give.
The gallery of Communion is the banqueting house, where the
Beloved admits loving souls into fellowship with Himself, and bends
His willing ear to listen to their" tales of woe," while His voice speaks
peace to their troubled hearts. Here He satisfies longing souls with
assurances of His favour, and grants them token of His love. Often
the King is held in the galleries of the Ordinances of His house, and
comes down in the preaching of the Word "like rain upon the mown
grass, and as showers that water the earth" (Ps. lxxii. 6), in reviving,
renewing, and refreshing grace. In the Lord's Supper He presents His
own flesh and blood as food for faith to humble partakers; when they
richly enjoy the King's" feast of fat things." Thus," the King is
held in the galleries."
Bath. E. C.
ODE ON THE LAST DAY.
(Written during a storm at sea by Richard Kempenfelt, Rear-Admiral
of the. Blue, who went down in the " Royal George" when she foundered
at Sp~thead on Thursday, 29th of August, 1782.)
HARK! 'tis the trump of God
Sounds through the realms abroad,
" Time is no more! "
Horrors invest the skies,
Graves burst, and myriads rise;
Nature in agonies
Yields up her store.
Changed in a moment's space
Lo ! all the affrighted race
Shriek and despair:
Now they attempt to fly
Dread immortality,
And eye their misery
• Dreadfullynear.