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582 TEE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES a trumpet, saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last. . . . And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man. ' ' ' Richly favored was this beloved disciple. He had seen his Master in Gethsemane, His face marked with the blood-drops of agony. His visage . . . marred more than any man, and His form more than the sons of men. ' ' ' He had seen Him in the hands of the Roman soldiers, clothed with an old purple robe and crowned with thorns. He had seen Him hanging on the cross of Calvary, the object of cruel mockery and abuse. Now John is once more permitted to behold his Lord. But how changed is His appearance! He is no longer a man of sorrows, despised and humiliated by men. He is clothed in a garment of heavenly brightness. ^^His head and His hairs" are ^' white like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes ... as a flame of fire; and His feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace. ' ' * His voice is like the music of many waters. His countenance shines as the sun. In His hand are seven stars, and out of His mouth issues a sharp two-edged sword, an emblem of the power of His word. Patmos is made resplendent with the glory of the risen Lord. ''And when I saw Him," John writes, ''I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not. " * John was strengthened to live in the presence of his glorified Lord. Then before his wondering ^'Kev. 1:10-13. ^Isa. 52:14. * Eev. 1 :14, 15, 17.