The Phoenix herald., 1879-03-22

Seeing God:
 THE LESSON.
 1. o Lord thoa hast scarciled mo, and known me.
 9 Thou knowest mydownsitting and mine uprising;- thou understand est my thought afar of. l 3. Thou compassest and my lying ! down, and art acquainted with all my ways,
 l. For there is not q word in my tongue, but, To, O Lord thou knowest it all together
 ,. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
 G. Such knowledge is loo wonder ful for me: it is high, cannot attain unto it.
 '. rlEhither> shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence
 8. If ascend up into heaven, thou art there If 1 make my bed in hell behold, thou art there.
 g. If Itake the wings of the morn : ing, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
 10. Even there shall tl:y hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me-
 II. If say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me
 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day; the darkness and light are both alike to thee
 Golden text-Thou God seest me. Gen. 1918.
 Central truth-We live under Gods all seeing eye
 EXPLANATIONS.
 This is one of the gem psalms of the psalms. It is one to which the child of God often turns for comfort. In it are taught the omniciencc, the omni- presence and the omnipotence of God, or in plain English, God knows every thing, is everywhere, and is all pow erful The lesson includes that part of the psalm referring to Gods omni- cience and omnipresence. Verses 1-6. Gods Omnicience. Verses 1-2. The Lord knows Us, and what our inten- tions are He notes every act, and the thoughts of our hearts are naked and open before him. My walk ing and my lying down, thou search est out, and my thought thou knowest' though thou art in heaven and upon the earth, or before they have been de initely formed in my mind
 Verses 3-4 Thou compasseth orr winnowest. The figure is taken from the old method of cleaning wheat, by sitting, throwing it into the wind, and picking it. Such is the process in the Bible lands Our Pima Indi- ans, it is said, also clean their wheat in this manner, and as result their wheat is .cleaner than any other brought to market. So God is ac- quainted with us, as man is with his grain which he has proved, grain for grain. The result Is that we are surrounded, as it were, on all sides by God, and were our eyes open we would see, as it were, hosts surround rng us, as the young man in Kings, 6: II.
 Verses 7-12 Gods omnIprsence. The Psalmist now states how it is i'm possible to flee from the presence of God, for in any part of the universe he might go, there he would be con- scious of Gods presence Heaven and hell, in sense of height or depth Wings of the morning i e. the dawn, having reference to the rapidity with which light travels. Uttermost parts of the sea-thc Mediterranean sea.
 INSTRUCTION.
 To the wicked it is not q pleasant thought that all their thoughts and acts are recorded against them, and hat out of Christ nothing is hid. To he righteous it is great comfort to -ealize that nothing can befall them without Gods knowledge. It should llso make us careful what thoughts we harbor, what words we utter. { Christ says; But say unto you, f hat every idle world that men shall 'peak, they shall give an account hereaf on the day of judgment For by thy words thou shalt be justi- jed and by thy words thou shalt be Matt. 12 :36-37.
 Again, when we reflect upon what ye see and hear around Us we are lost tt all the wonderful facts around Us, ind must confess that we also cannot comprehend these things.