_The Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing._ BALAAM’S CURSE TURNED INTO A BLESSING BY GOD Here a difficult question meets us. Was there any reality whatever in Balaam’s curse! Or was it altogether a harmless thing--in fact, nothing at all? If there was nothing in it, why should it have been... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp._ CAMP LAW AND CAMP LIFE I. An instructive comparison. The Church of God is in many respects comparable to a camp. 1. It is a camp for separation. We are crusaders, and are separated from the mass for the service of the Cross which we bear on our... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped._ THE ESCAPED SLAVE A Flemish artist was painting a picture when two friends noticed the high finish of a broom which was only an insignificant item in the composition. He told them he should spend three more days in working on th... [ Continue Reading ]
_If thou shalt forbear to vow._ EXTRAORDINARY AND PARTICULAR VOWS CONSIDERED AS NOT NECESSARY UNDER THE MOSAIC OR EXPEDIENT UNDER THE CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION I. The nature of vows under the Jewish dispensation: which, as they are particularly voluntary engagements, we ought to observe when made, thou... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou mayest eat grapes._ GRAPES AND EARS OF CORN FREE Thus a privilege was granted, but one strictly limited. A man who was thirsty might help himself to as many grapes as he cared to eat, but he was not to take any away. A man who was hungry might pluck ears of corn, as the disciples of Jesus did... [ Continue Reading ]