_SUBSTITUTES FOR GOD_
‘Gods which shall go before us.’
Exodus 32:1
We see that the Israelites’ residence in Egypt had familiarised them
with the idea of _ symbols for God_, so that there was no strangeness
in it, but even a certain attraction in the pomp, and circumstance,
and excitement, of idol... [ Continue Reading ]
_SHIRKING RESPONSIBILITY_
‘So they gave it me; then I cast it into the fire, and there came
out this calf.’
Exodus 32:24
I. THERE NEVER WAS A SPEECH, MORE TRUE TO ONE DISPOSITION OF OUR
HUMAN NATURE than this of Aaron. We are all ready to lay the blame on
the furnaces. ‘The fire did it,’ we are... [ Continue Reading ]