_The north gate. .. the south gate._ NORTH AND SOUTH IN RELIGION Ezekiel’s temple sets forth the order, grandeur, and beauty of the Church in its vigour, and the life that shall go out from it in floods all over the world. It is the picture of the Gospel of Christ in its social aspect and in its he... [ Continue Reading ]
_The prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth._ THE PRINCE IN THE MIDST The Prince shall mean to us the man Christ Jesus, whom God has exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour. Isaiah calls Him the “Prince of Peace”; and Peter, the “Prince of Lif... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord._ THE CHRISTIAN’S DAILY SACRIFICE The old legend that the Grecian host lay weather bound in their port, vainly waiting for a wind to come and carry them to conquest; and that they were obliged to slay a human sacrifice ere the heavens would... [ Continue Reading ]