forget her Author. 8. In aspiration. The wingij of praise oai-ry the aolll 11.loft. Wheh we sing of the great and ma.rvelloil.s works of God with the heart and the underste.nding, we shall enter into the thoughts of God lovingly and with sympathy, We grow like whnt we adore. Following the angels in songs of praise, we shall grow like the angels in heavenly charncter, if we live in a spirit of worship, praising God not only_ by the hymns of the sanctuary, but by the grand psalm of a whole life of wonhip.-W. F. A, Yer. 26.-" God is great." This is the Musslllman creed, and a truth of greAt force in Mohammedanism. Christianity also contains it, and simple aa may be the con- cept.ion when set forth in bare words, there are depths and wide reaches of inferences flowing from it that can never be exhausted. • I. Gon IS IRRESISTIBLE. This is the Mohammedan inference, Rnd of course a necessary and true one, although il does not describe all that we know of God, We know that it is simply foolish to run against the laws of nature. We cannot deflect one of them by a hair's breadth. Dut the laws of nature are the ways of God. There- fore there can be but one end to our opposition to God; it must fail. The sooner we own this obvious truth and act upon it the better for ourselves. If wo cease tu run madly against the will of God, we may repent and turn to the better way; if we still hurl ourselves headlong against it, we can but dash ourselves to pieces. II. Go» IS tl'1'7ATBOIIIABLE. If we could measure God, he would cease to be God, for he would be no longer infinite. Therefore, instead of being surprised that we meet with mysteries in him, we should expect it, and take it as a sign that we are dealing with One who is vastly greater than we are. 'fhe child cannot understand all the actions of his earthly father. How, then, can any man think to understand God? This does not mean that we can know uothing of God. For God way be known as far as he has revealed himself to us, and as far as we are able to rise to a comprehension of some things in bis nature. We may know God truly; but wa cannot know him adequately. Before the awful mystery of his greatness we tremble, humbled an'd abashed. 1. Therefore W6 are not in a position to fudge of God's actions, We· see but a minute fraction of them. Their roots lie in dark depths beyond the reach of our inquiry; their purposes stretch far beyond the utmost rim of our horizon. 2. Theritfare we should learn to trust God. We must walk by faith, for we cannot aee a!L Ill. Gon IS ALIIIIGHTY TO SAVE. The Christian God is more than the Muesnlman Allah. He is not like an inexorable Oriental despot. He is full of sympathy for his children, listening to their cry and coming to save them in their need. If he is great, that i,; the more rea..ssuring for us when we put our trust in him. It is vain for us to resist him; bnt it is safe for us to trust him. Even the mysteriousness of God invites our confidence when once we are assured of his love. His almighty power is able to •ve unto the uttermost, and bis great and wonderful thought invites us to repose· in hia wisdom. Bewy Vaughan, in• Silex Scintilla.n,,' says- .. There ~s a God, some 81\J- A deep, bnt dazzling darkness; As meu here Say it is late and dusky, because they S"e not a.1.1 clear. Oh for that night I where I in him Might live invisible and dim I" W.F.A.
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ClliPTER XXXVII. I rnns on. From its eft'ecl on catt.le, Elihu I passes to its e:ft'ect on lliBn (vers. 1-5); and Vera. 1-24.-It has been already re- thence goes on to speak of other nBtuml marked that there is no natural division wanifeatations of God's power and man·el- l..etw<:e11 eh . .10,vi. a.nd eh. :u.:i:vii.-the de- lousness-snow, violent rain, whirlwind, 11Cription of the thundento?DI and itll eff'ects frost, and the like (vere. 6-18). lie $heQ Clh XllllVII. 1-24.] 'l'IIE BOOK Ol•' JOB, 69'1