EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS.

fill will the whole body of believers appear, when finally- separated from the wicked ! How fine will the wheat look in the garner of God, when the tares are at length taken away ! How brightly will grace shine, when no longer dimmed by incessant contact with the worldly and unconverted ! The righteous are little known in the present day. The world sees no beauty in them, even as it saw none in their Master. " The world knoweth us not, because it knew him not." (1 John iii. 1.) But the righteous shall one day " shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.'' To use the words of Matthew Henry, " their sanctification will be perfected, and their justification will be published." " When Christ who is our life shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." (Coloss. iii. 4.)