“The cross of Christ is an object of such transcendent brightness, that it spreads a glory round it to all the nations of the earth, all the corners of the universe, all the generations of time, and all the ages of eternity. The greatest actions or events that ever happened on earth filled with their splendor and influence but a moment of time, and a point of space; but the splendor of this great object fills immensity and eternity. If we take a light view of its glory, we shall see it spreading influence and attracting regards from times past, present, and to come—heaven, earth, and hell—angels, saints, and devils. We shall see it to be both the object of the deepest admiration of the creature, and the perfect approbation of the infinite Creator. We shall see the best part of mankind for four thousand years looking forward to it before it happened, and new generations yet unborn rising up to admire and honor it in continual succession till time shall be no more. We shall see innumerable multitudes of angels and saints, looking back to it with holy transport to the remotest ages of eternity. Other glories decay by length of time. If the splendor of this object change, it will be only by increasing. The visible sun Will spend his beams in process of time, and, as it were, grow dim with age; this object hath a rich store of beams which eternity cannot exhaust. If saints and angels grow in knowledge, the splendor of this object will be still increasing. ‘Tis unbelief that intercepts its beams. Unbelief takes place only on earth. There is no such tiling in heaven or in hell. It will be a great part of future blessedness to remember the object that purchased it; and of future punishment to remember the object that offered deliverance from it. It will add life to the beams of love in heaven, and make the flames of hell burn fiercer. Its rays will not only adorn the regions of light, but pierce the regions of darkness. It will be the desire of the saints in light, and the great eyesore of the prince of darkness and his subjects.”—Μ act a arm.