God of God, light of light, very God of very God."—Nicene Creed.
"Merciful Adonai, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church."—Collect of St. John.
"To thee all angels cry aloud, the heavens, and all the powers therein."
"Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory" (or brightness).
"The glorious company of the (twelve months, or) apostles praise thee."
"Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ!"
"When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou passest through the constellation, or zodiacal sign—the Virgin."
"When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of winter, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven (i. e., bring on the reign of the summer months) to all believers."
"All are agreed," says Cicero, "that Apollo is none other than the Sun, because the attributes which are commonly ascribed to Apollo do so wonderfully agree thereto."
Just so surely as Apollo is the Sun, so is the Lord Christ Jesus the Sun. That which is so conclusive respecting the Pagan deities, applies also to the God of the Christians; but, like the Psalmist of old, they cry, "Touch not MY Christ, and do my prophets no harm."