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40 is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." Afterwards he sees Him seated on the throne, and the angels bending in adoration and casting their crowns before Him, and with glad voices chanting, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created." And of that white-robed worshiping throng who "came out of great tribulation," and had "washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb," it is further said: "And He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; . . . for the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters."

Here we have the proper Object of worship clearly revealed in the person of the glorified Christ. Here we behold Divinity in organic union with humanity; the Infinite brought within the range of our finite conceptions in merciful adaptation to our needs. Here we see the living God graciously bending to our infirmities and wants; coming to us as a friend and brother; sympathizing with us in our hardest experiences; going down with us into the deepest hells, shielding and succoring us there; pointing us the way to a higher life—yea, becoming to us THE WAY by treading every inch of it Himself.