, 1879-06-30

onss, " aaol. oa sock nnt a. our Rcck, even ou
.4n'' III. 'asn''s''s'' 'o''oa 1aaeos.-Dsufs, 1r4it.
n r,,,,, ,,,,
embedded III production worthy Of Moses, III
| man OF God the tncitator of tta ,oo,t. al ~,
typc Of Christ-worthv =, .,a,, aIpp' ~" ana u.
NJ, II. s,na.,ora.s t.a. " osn "ie a"oae v
Mia to Ia nnnrown M s,na ~ uaskeseraao -, on tn
."e W ne uhRno"n grave In fte mountains y
Moab. The figures nre drawn from tile wilder
uess, tic desert. md the roc,. fo.tnoo.ss -
Sinai, and exactly what ,nirh, In or,na..a f-,s
nm wbo ~ "..s n.s". w oApceteo Iron
the Wilderness. The very name which J.
hero appltcd to tho Deity must i,ay
been first suggested nv thc ,,cssrt .vdndo-tnn.
In the vo,Iev a. t,,o N,,a ~ ~, ~ ",s...
aesopotatnia' men would hardly have Learned
to call Jehovah rock. Il was thought dc.
yeI.,ped IN tlc leart nj .ho churct, .p,, 0n,1I,,
inspired uttoronro n,tcr ,hs oxnas,a,na. ~ ,,'t
vj,dsrn,s:t ".''' ''o s@pe''eueen u LIT
"',ae'neses n,,'a 1 -. ..........
The books Of The Pentnteueh close with tive
remarkable productions couchet In the Language
at poetry and caltc1. uThc ,sonr J, md !. ,ro
D,es,fnr n Mo.n. :, r4is ~ ~. a.. a.u ~. ~
sse,'s .,ss .. MOSES" T. II IN the lrst Of thest
tnat INC text is found, Ninc times In the course
Of this single hymn is repeated this niost CT.
prcssire figure, taken from the granite crnpa ri
Sinai and ar,ied thpnro thronch IN. n.af,n,
Tia h,un f'1s o. e natGns a. though ono q
be transported to rcpion. NJ repnte IL e,,. nuo
in tiis,ance irom II Gtginn1 uG rt ~ asneSt aa
forth Tho roct il wall Ennwn Ia ;ha ieiNo' i.,
cuare of tha, - t,h1rcf. o"h ,ho l" a enu 'an. q.
rnck IN wary lana !, n,,, ~. u gteat
frnm M,,i,h ,e1-. .a'a WY ,s hmltten rock.
ami n "lsn Rnc uhic tpt1 fn .e !essnE ss,ea
waujerinEs, "which Rock was 1.aa Chris Z ~ us Is
is;sd here a ,ss, e ss ns, s,{e ;s s { i
~ tho fsb,rat, n,t - t,uy .s ~ t,tnuy eAGteu AJI1G
fountain nj III fnn,' ~ ,nn i1 ~ .is cfSstai
t1acc ichty river Of sone dawn thran"i, w 'lIhs wv
aroa OF Lila Church t1nti II I'M. ctnrosa;l,, 'Ie r.
WV Va u'o atsatest VI 1nel'eh 'smas:
Roek X q ACES. cleft fer me,
p,. y. -, 49, 49, NV ~ "las .,.s nsse!' 4 N lnce.
tS1t; ~ Tic worlds W tae. To- the
pcIaor e3eenenee' OF she Ghr1stian'a foundation
o. nope, security. nnd confidence. In tic days
OF Moses, as now, TIC enemies OF God
Wuu'u thn .oaa ,naia maKo .,l1 a., league with
r.a tac etafs IN their courses to light" for them.
II Iney e1locnvor 70 1hrtlfy their position With
" the mnnillotls o. rocks." T!Icy build ihetr
s.sonEno!as 2! uonelsGt, ahd osd defiance to tho
sistt,a na.cr 3s!s ~ ,hc n log oqs GeGe qua 1e rTe
leEokulke tEe io!iy OF huillag un The sand, mud
suppose themselves to be founded on somo rock,
w N.Y. t'eY are q ~ means agreed as to what Is
t!o pest fonnantto!i. II y not iny puruose. nt
~ WhlGn men ato outlofn9 tt!eF hopes for etor.
n,ty. Ihere 10 only ono Rock against which all
sLoims VIII aash 10 fni'1, Which no flood can
qs's Mn,ea even ne iast great elemental
Nosk q Ages"
b9t Tue oaftlcuiar point to' which wish to
challenge your attention is this: that men aro
sea!1y inconsistent VIII thcmselyes-tiat IN
wn 9aIaotS ~ wa5s men snow tley distrust their
ieneo 81 TIC CHRISTIANS foundation.