tho face, tho.t ls, of the presence, was to be table bread of the Passover al ways before me.de of fine flour, that is, of wheat, and to me" (' Men.,' xi. 7). The loaves that were consist of twelve oakes or loaves, to represent removed were delivered to the priests for the twelve tribes of Isre.el, ee.ch loaf contain- their consumption within the tabernacle, ing upward of six pounds of flour. The the whole quantity amounting to seventy- loaves were plo.ced upon the pure table five pounds of bree.d per week. It we.a this before the Lord; the.t is, on the golden to.hie br~ which, in the pressure of necessity, of shewbree.d within the se.nctnary-which Ahimelech gavetoDavid and his men (I Sam. stood not fe.r from the vail whioh partitioned :u:i. 4-6). At the so.me time that the old oft' the holy of holies-toward the north, as loaves were changed, the frankincense was the candlestick we.s toward the south. The burned on the golden altar of incense for a loaves were set, not, probably, in two rows, six memorial, even BJl offering made by fire unto on e. row, e.s they could have hardly stood in the Lord. There is nothing in Seri pture to that position on so small a table as the table prove whether the loaves were leavened or of shewbree.d (which was only three feet by unleavened. As being the meat offering of one foot and a half), but in pila, siz in a the tabernacle, we should expect them to be pil.e. Upon them, or more probably between unleavened, like the meat offering of the the two piles, were ple.ced two vials or cups court, but there we.s a reason why the meat filled with frankincense (Josephus, • Ant.,' offering of the court should be unleavened, iii. 7, 6). The shewbree.d WllB renewed every which did not operate in the case of the sabbath de.y, with mnch oeremony. "Four shewbread. A po.rt of the ordinary meat priests," so.ye the Mishne., " enter, two of offering had to be burnt on the e.lte.r of burnt them carrying the piles of bread, and two of sacrifice; therefore it could not be leavened, them the cups of incense. Four priests he.d because no leaven might be burned on the gone in before them, two to take oft' the two alte.r; but the shewbree.d was not burnt on old piles ofshrewbree.d, and two to take oft'the any alte.r, and consequently it need not for cups of incense. Those who brought in the that reason be unleavened. The two Pen- new stood at the north side fe.cing soutb- tecostal loaves, which were offered to the we.rds; those who took away the old, at the Lord by waving instead of burning, were south side, fe.oing northwards. One party leavened. The probabilities derived from lift.ad oft' and the other put on, the he.nds of Scripture appear to be equo.lly strong on one being over age.inst the hands of the other, either side. Josephus sto.tes that they were as it is written, Thou she.It 110t upon the unleavened(' Ant.,' iii 6, 6; 10, 7),
HOMILETICS.
Vera. 1-9.-The lo.mps of the seven-branched candlestick bumt throughout the whole night in the tabernacle; and the shewbread wos con11tantly set forth upon the golden table. They may be taken to symbolize: 1. The constant illumination vouch- safed by God to his Church through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. 2. The spiritual food constantly supplied by him in his ChW'Ch to those who come in faith to have their wants supplied. 1. I. ILLUMINATION BY THE SPIRIT WAS PR0HIBED BY CHRIST. "The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you oil things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have so.id unto you" (John xiv. 26). "It is expedient for you that I go away: for If I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I deport, I will send him unto you. • . . When be, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide (YOU into all truth" (John xvi. 7-13). II, THE FULFILHENT OP THE PROMISE OOMMEN0ED ON TIIE DAY 01!' PENTECOST. "Therefore being by the right band of God enlted, and having received of the Fother the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear" (Acts ii. 33). ffi. THE ILLUlllNATI0N IS PERMANENT THROUGH' THE INSTRUMENTALITY 01!' A PEll• KANENT .dlNIBTBY, "When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gove gifts unto men .. , . And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists ; and some, pastors and teachers ; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of Lhe ministry, for the edifying of the Body of Christ" (Eph. iv. 6-12). IV. CH'IUST .ABIDES BY BIB SPIBIT IN THE MlDBT 01!' THE SEVEN GOLDEN 0ANDLEBTIOKS, "I 11&W seven golden candlesticks; and in the midst of the aeven candlesticks one like 3i4 THE BOOK OF LEVITIIJUS. (oB. llIV, 1-0