Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-14


INTRODUCTORY.
In our personally marked Bible this
Psalm stands as the Black Hills Psalm.
We well recall that sweet Sabbath day
under July's skies out In South Dakota's
Island of Hills. 1t was early morning
and we were alone, alone with God. The
heavens were full of Gods glory. The
armament glowed with his handiwork,
and yonder were the rocks, heaved and
atllt as by a mighty shoulder under
meath, yet showing distinctly the orig
inal seams of qualification, and these
words of the 10Th Psalm came almost
DANGEROUSLY: Their line Is gone out
through all the earth" It Is for US all
the psalm of nature. Day unto day pour
eth forth speech. Alas for the man who,
standing before Gods revelation Of
works, hears no sweet voice, catches no
blessed glimpse of the Eternal!
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
Declare. Hebrew: inscribe, or pen,
as II il were a written book. (Sopher.)
-Sheweth. To display, l. O., to put
In the fore front.-Firmament Liter
ally, the expanse. From the root, to
beat or hammer out.
Uttereth. The Hebrew is very ex-
pressive, gush forth or pour out, as OF a
rushing torrent.-Sheweth or pro-
claimeth. AS il from the house-tops; SO
the stars.
There Is no speech. Leave out the
ltaySs and it is yet more expressive:
No speech and no language, nor 10 any
noise heard, (yet) their line is gone out.
The Douay says: There are no
speeches nor languages where" etc.
Their line. Or that which Is estab-
lished.-Gone out. To reach forth or
extend. Used of boundary lines at
Josh. 10: 3.-Tabernacle, A tent or
pavilion. The verb means to encamp.
For the sun. Douay. His taber-
nacle in the sun.
Coming out. Same word In the He
brew as gone out in the verse above.
This, probably, a part Of what is spoken
of there.-hike a strong man. Pic
turesque portrayal Of an Eastern sun
rise.
His going forth. Again the same word
as in V. 4. CT V. o. Circuit or round.
Nothing hid from the heat. Doubt
less scientifically true.
Clean, 1. O., pure and salutary. Used
at Gen. IS: 2. Only the pure lasts
True. Literally, truth or faithfulness,
The equivalent of the divine judgment
Fine gold, 1. g., refined gold, the dross
removed; called pure gold at Ps. FL: 3
Honey-comb. Literally, dropplngs Of
the honey comb, drip honey.
Warned. First meaning to teach, from
root TO shine or shed light.
Errors; or, wanderings; occurs here
alone. From the root to cover
or hide. One word in the Hebrew, as o.
secrets.
Presumptuous sins, or what is pre-.
sumptuous. One word in the Hebrew
from to boil up as with prlde."Great
transgression or great rebellion.
Acceptable. Root, to delight in.-
Meditation; or, murmurlng. Same wore
occurs at Ps. 1: 2; 2: l. "imagine") -
Strength. More accurately, rock.
The law. Hebrew, torah. From the
root to point out, and still farther back
from TO shoot arrows. Certainly the
law does both. l.. e., in al
parts and for all purposes; from the
verb to close or mplete.-Douay
unspotted. Converting. original mean
ing to turn back. Margin, to restore
Testimony. First meaning witness
Sure. Hebrew; amen.-The sim
pie: or unsophlsticated, credulous, from
openness. See Prov. /: 22.
Statutes or decisions; from to searcl
out, also to punish.---Right. Hebrew
straight. rejoicing. To make brigh
or glad. Only truth and rectitude cal
soIidly do Commandment. From
the verb to appoint.-Pure. FRS
meaning. select, hence. clean.-En
tightening; or giving light to, CT. LAM
unto my feet" (Ps. 119: 1861.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
Their line is gone out. Nature praises
God. 1t is only man that says, as in tn
second psalm, studied last week, let vi
break their bands asunder and cast ava,
their cords from us" Nature holds OF
to God. rejoices in God, keeps the linz
OF connection plain in sight. We hav,
thought of that Biblical query: VIVA
shall render unto the Lord for all hi
benefits towards me?" and the old eartl
joins with the psalmist in crying, Il will
take the cup of salvation and call upol
the name OF tho Lord" Yes, IL goe
right on to say, Il will pay my vow
unto the Lord, now in the presence o
| all his people" And yet how dull-eye'
| and hard-hearted the people who behol,
| 1t all! Natures vow Is to glorify God
and she does 1t daily. She repays hi
benefits by lifting up her cup, in thi
vernal time particularly and eonspicu
ously, and calling for more. And wha
| OF manp
Cleanse thou me from secret faults
| We got another ray of light on this
| there In the hills. It is secret flaws a.
we'll as secret faults" The bane o
| mining is on account of the refractor,
ore. The baser metals and alloys ar,
! so knit into the mineral that men ar
| still in the dark as to how they cal
readily and economically extricate tn
good from the evil. 1t is for the prac
| teal alchemist still a secret fault,
| which in its simplest analysts only tn,
| Creator can discover and dispose. Som
| mighty Alexander must yet come, ant
| by a single stroke cut the Gordian knot
| And who can free me from my sins
| innate, inveterate, secret? THE evi
| which would not, that / do, o, wretch
| ed man that am, who shall deliver nm
from the body OF this death?" And her
is the sufficient answer: Il thank Co
| through Jesus Christ our Lord"
| Then shall 1 be innocent from tn
| great transgression. A blessed boon
| Queen Charlotte wrote with her dia
mond on the glass; Lord, make other
great; keep me innocent" Amen
| But what Is the innocence spoken Of Il
this psalm? What Is the great trans
gression2 We read It in the early par
| OF the verse; it Is self-trust. "Kee
back thy servant from presumptuous
ness" The one great central sin
presuming to depend on self; 1t is lovln
self and trusting self-in one word
selflshness. Now, how shall we escap
such2 God only can rescue us; h
alone knows how, he alone decrees an
executes It. THE law of the Lord
perfect, converting the soul, More
i over. by them Is thy servant warned.