DISCOURSE: 239 THE BLESSING BESTOWED ON THE TRIBE OF LEVI Deuteronomy 33:8. _And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 240 THE PRIVILEGE OF THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR TO GOD Deuteronomy 33:12. _Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long_. AS God was pleased to communicate to some in former ages the knowledge of future events, so he fr... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 241 STRENGTH ACCORDING TO OUR DAYS Deuteronomy 33:25. _As thy days, so shall thy strength be_. PREVIOUS to his departure from them, Moses pronounced a blessing on all the tribes of Israel. The blessing to each was appropriate and prophetic. That assigned to Asher was, that his posterity... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 242 THE HAPPINESS OF GOD’S PEOPLE Deuteronomy 33:29. _Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency!_ THE God of Israel is infinitely exalted above all the gods of the heathen: and though there... [ Continue Reading ]