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The Dead Sea and the Jordan Psa_104:32 : ’93He toucheth the hills and they smoke.’94 The inspired poet here pictures a volcano, and what Church’92s Cotopaxi does on painter’92s canvas, this author does in words. You see a hill, calm and still, and for ages immovable, but the Lord out of the heavens puts his … Continue reading “208. The Dead Sea and the Jordan”

Before They Adjourn Psa_105:22 : ’93And teach his senators wisdom.’94 Senators in this text stand for law-makers. Joseph was the Lord Treasurer of the Egyptian government, and among other great things which he did, according to my text, was to teach his senators wisdom; and if any men on earth ought to be endowed with … Continue reading “209. Before They Adjourn”

Song of Birds Psa_104:12 : ’93By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.’94 There is an important and improving subject to which most people have given no thought, and concerning which pulpits rarely make allusion, namely, the Song of Birds. If all that has been written concerning … Continue reading “206. Song of Birds”

Across Mount Lebanon Psa_104:16 : ’93The cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted.’94 In our journey we change stirrup for wheel. It is four o’92clock in the morning, at Damascus, Syria, and we are among the lanterns of the hostelry, waiting for the stage to start. A Mohammedan in high life is putting his three … Continue reading “207. Across Mount Lebanon”

The Eye Psa_94:9 : ’93He that formed the eye, shall he not see?’94 The imperial organ of the human system is the eye. All up and down the Bible God honors it, extols it, illustrates it, or arraigns it. Five hundred and thirty-four times is it mentioned in the Bible. Omnipresence’97’94the eyes of the Lord … Continue reading “204. The Eye”

Equipage of Cloud Psa_104:3 : ’93Who maketh the clouds his chariot.’94 Brutes are constructed so as to look down. Those earthly creatures that have wings, when they rise from the earth, still look down; and the eagle searches for mice in the grass, and the raven for carcases in the field. Man alone is made … Continue reading “205. Equipage of Cloud”

A Tale Told; or, the Passing Years Psa_90:9 : ’93We spend our years as a tale that is told.’94 The Israelites were forty years in the wilderness, and during thirty-eight years of the forty nothing is recorded of them; and, I suppose, no other emigrants had a duller or more uninteresting time than they had. … Continue reading “202. A Tale Told; or, the Passing Years”

The Ear Psa_94:9 : ’93He that planted the ear shall he not hear?’94 Architecture is one of the most fascinating arts, and the study of Egyptian, Grecian, Etruscan, Roman, Byzantine, Moorish and Renaissance styles of building has been to many a man a sublime life-work. Lincoln and York cathedrals, St. Paul’92s and St. Peter’92s, and … Continue reading “203. The Ear”

The Place of Thunder Psa_81:7 : ’93I answered thee in the secret place of thunder.’94 It is past midnight, and two o’92clock in the morning, far enough from sunset and sunrise to make the darkness very thick, and the Egyptian army in pursuit of the escaping Israelites are on the bottom of the Red Sea, … Continue reading “201. The Place of Thunder”

Insomnia Psa_77:4 : ’93Thou holdest mine eyes waking.’94 Sleep is the vacation of the soul; it is the mind gone into the playground of dreams; it is the relaxation of muscles and the solace of the nerves; it is the hush of activities; it is the soft curtaining of the eyes; it is a trance … Continue reading “199. Insomnia”