Address —
1. Seek yet more and more this most desirable of all knowledge —
[See with what persevering diligence the philosopher pro- secutes the attainment of science And will not ye, for
the acquiring of knowledge wherein eternal life consists, and " which the angels themselves desire to look into?" ]
2. Endeavour more and more to make a suitable improvement of it —
[" Hallelujah" stands as the introduction to the contem- plations of David. Let all your contemplations lead to, and terminate in, a similar acclamation. Such will be the result
of all the knowledge which we shall possess in heaven
and such should be our improvement of all that we attain on earth — ]
Ps. cxi. 10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of ivisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his command- ments: His praise endureth for ever.
OF all attainments that are made by man, wisdom is confessedly the highest : and well does it deserve the highest place in our esteem, because it elevates and ennobles him in whom it is found. This is true even of human wisdom : how much more, then, of that which is divine ! But where shall divine wisdom be found ? or who can ever estimate it aright, when found ? These are questions propounded by holy Job ; and they deserve our most attentive considera- tion. " Where," says he, " shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not in me. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx and the sapphire. The gold and the crystal cannot equal it : and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls : for