The sight of Christ made the face of Stephen shine like the face of an angel. No doubt the shepherds and the wise men returned to their flocks and to their books with shining faces. Christ makes us a Shekinah, that is, an habitation of God; and when He does, not only do our graces shine, but our faces shine. The illumined soul shines through the fleshly envelope which enshrouds it, just as the brightly burning lamp makes the porcelain shade transparent. When the soul is worked up into a fellow-feeling with Christ, it is a shining light. Christ born within us, the hope of glory, transforms and transfigures our whole being, until we become His facsimile, and until we become so luminous that we can walk the crystal streets of heaven without casting the least shadow.

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