has given to man. We are told that when Peter, " not knowing what he said/' proposed to make three taber- nacles on the mount, one for Jesus, one for Moses, and one for Elias, as if all three deserved equal honour, this proposal was at once rebuked in a remarkable way : ** There came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, hear Him." That voice was the voice of God the Father, conveying both reproof and instruction. That voice proclaimed to Peter's ear that however great Moses and Elijah might be, there stood One before him far greater than they. They were but servants ; He was the King's Son. They were but stars ; He was the Sun. They were but witnesses ; He was the Truth.
For ever let that solemn word of the Father ring in our ears, and give the key note to our religion. Let us honour ministers for their Master's sake. Let us follow them so long as they follow Christ. But let it be our prin- cipal aim to hear Christ's voice, and follow TTim whither- soever He goeth. Let some talk, if they will, of the voice of the Church. Let others be content to say, " I hear this preacher, or that clergyman." Let us never be satisfied unless the Spirit witnesseth within us that we hear Christ Himself, and are His disciples.
Notes. Luke IX. 28—36.
28. — [After these saying^.'] This expression seems to make it plain that the words, " seeing the kingdom of God," in the preceding verse, were spoken with special reference to the vision of the transfiguration.
[Peter ^ and James., and John.'] Let it be noted that these three disciples were chosen to be witnesses on three special occasions, the raising of Jairus' daughter, the agony in the garden, and the transfiguration.
[A mountain.] It is a common tradition that this mountain