given unto him in heaven and in earth. Mat. 28:18.

He was holy, harmless and undefiled. Heb. 7:26. The Lord Jesus lived a
pure and holy life. "He did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth."
He had power to open the blind eyes, to unstop the deaf ears, to loose the
dumb tongue, to make the lame man leap as a hart, and to heal all manner
of diseases, and to raise the dead. There is no sin in heaven; there is no
sickness there. He brought the light of heaven to this world in displaying
his power over sin and disease. Glory to his name!

We wish to impress this fact upon the reader's mind that he was a light
because of his purity and power, and because he was the "Truth." And now
if you will but believe it, that is the true light of Christianity. The
Lord Jesus was only a visitant. His stay on earth was transient. He came
from heaven, and heaven soon again received him. Referring to his
departure he said to his disciples: "Yet a little while is the light with
you. Walk while ye have the light; ... while ye have light, believe in the
light, that ye may be the children of light." John 12:35, 36.

Again he says, "As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the
world." John 9:5. We learn the sad story of his crucifixion, then the glad
news of his resurrection, and then his ascension in a cloud to the glory,
from whence he came. Is the light of Christianity gone from the world? Is
this world left again in darkness? No; thank God! Jesus now says to his
devoted followers: "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a
hill can not be hid." Mat. 5:14. It is the "city of Zion, the perfection
of beauty," out of which God doth shine. "The glory of God is risen upon
her." Jesus told them to believe in the light while they had the light,
that they might be the children of light. Paul, in exhorting Christians to
a holy life, said: "That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of
God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among
whom ye shine as lights in the world." Phil. 2:15. "For ye were sometimes
darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light."
Eph. 5:8. "Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day:
we are not of the night, nor of darkness." 1 Thes. 5:5.

This is the spiritual moon reflecting the light of the Sun. It is "God
that shineth in thee." They are "light in the Lord," and they are
commanded to "let their light shine, that God might be