The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1881-06-06
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lTEKF.--Psalme XVII, aaFt og tIso
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The proper stndy of mankind il
not man. but God. Tho prob I'm d
human ne i nnsolvahle Withoai
g The questions AZ mans origin,
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| "a, best do that WORK, o. what shall
become Of him when that work i
done, can best be ansWered ~ III stu
| dy of the Divine charaeke ana dis
position. Without God I'VE are In an
Iinex tlacable maze. Apart fron,aEhese
considerations, the Thought og God
| is the greatest that ever entered the
human mind. 1t is On nexhaustiAe
theme for contemplation and study.
It never loses its interest. ItaeYer
pals upon the intellectual taste. It's
vastness never suffers any dimintltion.
Other subjects may temporarily fas-
climate rs and absorb oar atttIntion,
Questions Of government, Of science,
Of literature, Of art, of commerce, Of
diplomacy, Of wal, of philosophy,
Of education, arise from time tc time
as nations progress ins civilization.
They are eagerly discussed forts gen.
Grafton or a century and then are SUI
perseded by other practical prob
lens. The great thollght of God
abides forever. Is lis la theme for
philosopher and peasants, for barbar-
ism and civilization, far the Schools
and practical life for every nation, for
All ages. No thinker howeHer pa
tent Or however mighty, hsi ever
been able to exhaust theideaof God,
No preaeher,no theologfan no Gurch,
no school, has a monopoly Ne this
thought. There have been men vain
,ssepsh - think thAt they haa e.
hausksd Tie knewledgs Of Gel, md
put It all down in q book, forgetting
that an inspired Apostle had decla !
ed that his ways arepast finding out.
But as the race increases ii expe-
rience and knowledgesIas it becomes
higher and truer and finer in its spir-
itual aspirations, our thoughts Of God
are eniarge,a; purified ennobled, and
il every way rendered more worthy
Of Him whom we seek to know and
to honor.
The subject suggested blythe text
is The beauty of God. The beauty,
net eternity, etc, Of God. If you
should take q work lon systematic
theology, and turn to che department
Of divine projections, you Wopla, per-
haps, find no mention Of beauty as
one Of the attributes OF Sod, but if
you take a Concordance, you will
soon discover that the scriptures
make frequent reference to the
Divine beauty. In the Chronicles
and the Psalms, for example. yon will
find that We are exhorted to Worship
God in the beauty of holiness. God
wants our worship not only, but he
wants beauty in worship, even the
highest kind Of beauty, ths beauty
Of holiness. Not the beautyof form,
or color, Or ceremony, or sound, but
the beauty Of holiness. "Outof Zion
the perfection Of beauty, God hath
shined, 2 says David. In the Goth
Psalm Moses prays: "The beauty Of
the Lord our God be upon u.s. lisa
phi says: aThine eyes shall see the
King in his beauty they shall behold
the land tkat is very far Oft" The
The prophet Ezekiel says; ''How
great is His beauty" God is repre-
sented as taking pleasure in the beau
ty Of His Church beautiful for
situation, etc. awake, awake, put
on thy strength, o Zion; put on thy
beautiful garments, o, Jerusalem, the
holy city" "How beautiful upon
the mountains are the feet Of Him
that bringeth good tidings, that pub
lisheth peace. that saith unto
Zion that God reigneth." Again
BY the mouth Of his prophet Isaiah,
does be declare that he will have His
Church beautiful: ''the glory Of Leb-
anon shall come unto Thee, the fr
tree, the pine tree, and the box tree
together. 70 beautify the place Of my
sanctuary; and ! will make the place
Of MY feet glorious Such is the
testimony Of Scripture to- the beauty
Of Ged and Gods love of the beau
tifnI.
Pursuing this subject further, / re-