God could never forget what is due to His holiness and glory. A ruined sinner could never have appeared in the light of His presence if that living Man, the Lord Jesus Christ, were not on the throne of God—that One who, before He took that place,' went to the cross and bore the whole' ruin' which sin brought. And now a stream of life flows down from that risen Man to me: I am brought into fellowship with the Father, and can stand in the light in. God's presence, rejoicing with ever-fresh delight at the blessedness of His having given that Son to bear all my ruin. G. V. W.