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Inasmuch 



The School of 



Apostolic 



Vision 



Is. xxxiii:17 

 R. V. 



Greeting 

 Ascriptioi 



Greeting and 

 ion 



The Seven 



Choric Song* 



sent unto the Gentiles: they will also hear.&quot; 



Thus, by divers portions and in divers manners, 

 &quot;the twelve Apostles of the Lamb&quot; were led to 

 the full consciousness of the meaning of &quot;the 

 redemption which is in Christ Jesus,&quot; and to the 

 full vision of their message to the whole world. 



The Christian &quot;with all his earthly dress, shot 

 through with everlastingness,&quot; is, and must be, 

 a man of vision. Therefore, guided by the Seer 

 of the Isle of Patmos, we pass into the Apostolic 

 School of Vision. 



For our purpose the book of &quot;The Revelation 

 of St. John the Divine&quot; has no terrors. It 

 possesses certain mountain peaks, which furnish 

 land-marks of progress and vantage points, giving 

 an outlook into &quot;a far-stretching land.&quot; 



The first of these is, the greeting : 



&quot;From Jesus Christ, Who is the faithful 

 Witness, the first born of the Dead, and the 

 Ruler of the Kings of the earth.&quot; With its ac 

 companying ascription &quot;Unto Him that loveth 

 us, and loosed us from our sins by His Blood; and 

 He made us to be a Kingdom, to be priests unto 

 His God and Father ; to Him be the glory and the 

 dominion for ever and ever Amen.&quot; 



Here we see, the origin, the certitude, the 

 priority, the strength, of our Lord; with the at 

 traction, the emancipation, the privilege, of His 

 Kingdom and priestly service. 



Then follow each other, like a succession of 

 snow-clad heights, the seven great choric songs. 



I. The song of Creation, the eternal Trisagion: 



