cherubim in the holiest of all, silently gazing on the glory of God and the mysteries of His covenant, but as hymning His praises, proclaiming His spotless purity, and declaring "the whole earth to be full of His glory." The prophet, beholding the wondrous scene, sinks oppressed and self-abhorred, until a coal from the altar touches his lips, and he is thus sanctified to the service of God, and put among His ministers.--_Watson._ [2] No rebellions shake the throne of God; though "the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing," yet "he that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision." The throne of God is a rock in the midst of the ever-rolling ocean of created existence, that heaves and swells with ceaseless change; but, in comparison of Him, its mightiest billows have but their moment of existence, and sink into the mass at the base of the immovable throne of the Everlasting One.--_Watson._ [3] An observer on a mountain-cliff may be able to survey the whole circumference of a lake that lies beneath him, but no man can see the whole of the ocean, simply because it _is_ the ocean, and not a lake.--_Watson._ THE SERAPHIM. vi. 2. _Above it stood the seraphim:_[1] _each had six wings, &c._ I. _"With twain he covered his face."_[2] They bow with prostrate awe, veiling themselves in the presence of the Divine glory, as though feeling the force of those strong words, "He chargeth His angels with folly, and the heavens are not clean in His sight." If the angels tremble when they gaze, what should man feel? II. _"With twain he covered his feet."_[3] Among Orientals this expresses reverence. Well may _you_ bow in reverence before Him! The sense of pardon will humble you, even while it fills you with holy exaltation. III. _"With twain he did fly"_--in readiness to execute His commands.--_Richard Watson: Works,_ vol. ix. pp. 150-153. FOOTNOTES: [1] As those that are nearest of a king's attendants stand behind his throne or chair of state, at his elbow.--_Day._