Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-23
The Glory Of the Lord.

Ps 62:l9.
These words occur at the close ol
those prayers of David. which have
furnished the hopeful, but hungry sous
of Gods children, with the fttest forms
Of expression, ever sihce they were re-
corded. After this grave out-burst OF
the loyal, loving, longing soul, which
! is at once worship and praise and
prayer, there is added these words
"The prayers Of David the son OF
Jesse.
At tie close of our week of prayer,
what thought or feeling can be more
fitting than that which these words
express 1t is, as if the more the
good man prayed, the more hopeful
for the world, and the more trustful
in God, he became till no words
would tell, his expectation on the one
hand and his delight on the other.
He could only take the strongest words
he could think of--put into them the
whole heart-ful of gladness which he
felt in the Father and the whole heart
full of hope which he felt for the bro
ther-open wide the f1ood-gates of his
feeling and pour it all out at once in
these mighty words "Let the acho!e
earth be filled acih his ylory."
| am full of a glad enthusiasm as I
think of the multitude of God S
children-who are also his lovers and
friends-whose hearts are echoing these
words to-day. The glorious Lord pity
those who find in their hearts no
amen
Let us consider three things.
1st. What is his glory. God s
Glory is two-told that which belongs
to his personality, and that which be-
longs to his reputation. The first, he
mas oy virtue OF MS existence no one
can add to it or take from it, His pres
ence, His wisdom, Hi, might, are eteI,-
nally His. These things are His nat
ural OF essential glory. The Bible rep
'eSeh'S a'so' 'ha' a certain inehaoie "a
o'",''e o' '''5"'i'eSs, ever "''eh'9 Ht"'-
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s'ors III 'he no'' mount ana we
i"o 'i''' vi '''a' OCCASION HIS lace oio
o'i'''e "7 ''ie SUI ana His f'iiilehC was
"hlte as the l9ht hen Saul OF
larSuS sa" hin' 'he brightness OF his
presence was 80 dazzhnS as to make
Saul bind; 1t was "above the bright
ness or the sun at midday that
glory, too, Is to be the light OF the
heavenly home. "Ihey need no sun,
for the Lord God and the Lamb are
the light there-of.' But besides this
glory which belongs to the nature and
the presence Of God, there is the glory
which belongs to his reputatlon-"hlch
grows out OF the position he holds
among his intelligent creatures-his
sooo ha'he' hohor or o's'lhctloh, among
chlloren. In TINS sense II Is that we
are 70 hVe' 70 cat ana dflhA' TO 90
Whatever we oo' 10 'he Slory OF "oa'
"oa IS glorious IN this secoha sense
"heh men es'7em MIN So ana tfea'
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