The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-04-13
Gods Works and Word.

be found in Psalms 10: LA.
INTRODUCTORY.
In our personally marked Bible this
Psalm stands as the Black Hills Psalm. !"
We we'll recall that sweet Sabbath day
under July's skies out in South Dakota 3
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
atilt as by mighty shoulder under
meath, yet showing distinctly the orig
inal seams of qualification, and these
words of the 10th Psalm came almost
clamorously: Their line is gone out
through all the earth" 1t 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 il it were u written book. (Sopher.)
-Sheweth. To display, i. e., 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-
RuSll VI pour OuJ, do VI u
rushing torrent.-Sheweth or pro-
claimeth. AS if from the house-tops; SO
the stars
There is no speech. Leave out the
italics and it is yet more expressive:
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 ct
Josh. Is: 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, part of what is spoken
of there.-Like strong man. Pic
turesque portrayal of an Eastern sun
rise.
His going forth. Again the same word
as in v. A. CT V. 5.-Circuit or round.
Nothing hid from the heat. Doubt
less scientifically true.
Clean, i. e., pure and salutary. Used
at Gen. 30: 2. Only the pure lasts.-
True. Literally, truth or faithfulness.
The equivalent of the divine judgment.
Fine gold, i. c., refined gold, the dross
removed; called pure gold at Ps. 81: 3.
Honey-comb. Literally, droppings of
the honey-comb, drip-honey.
Warned. First meaning to teach, from
root to shine or shed light.
Errors; or, wanderings; occurs here
alone.-Secret, From the root to cover
or hide. One word in the Hebrew, as of
secrets.
Presumptuous sins, or what is pre-
sumptuous. One word in the Hebrew;
from to boil up as with pride. Great
transgression or great rebellion.
Acceptable. Root, to delight in.-
Meditation; or, murmuring. Same word
occurs at Ps. l: 2; q; l. c"imagine" -
Strength. More accurately, rock.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
Their line is gone out. Nature praises
God. 1t is only man that says, as In the
second psalm, studied last week, let US
break their bands asunder and cast away
their cords from u.s." Nature holds on
TO God, rejoices in God, keeps the line
OF connection plain in sight. We have
thought of that Biblical query: What
shall / render unto the Lord for all his
benefits towards me?' and the old earth
joins with the psalmist in crying, Il will
take the cup of salvation and call upon
the name of the Lord" Yes, it goes
right on to say, Il will pay my vows
unto the Lord, now in the presence of
all his people," And yet how dull-eyed
and hard hearted the people who behold
1t all! Natures VOW is to glorify God,
and she does it daily. She repays his
benefits by lifting up her cup, in this
vernal time particularly and conspicu
,..I Ca. A,,I x.yl, .
OF man?
Cleanse thou me from secret faults.
We got another ray of light on this,
there in the hills. 1t is secret flaws as
we'll as secret faults. The bane of
mining is on account OF the refractory
ore. The baser metals and alloys are
so knit into the mineral that men are
still in the daG as to how they can
readily and economically extricate the
good from the evil. 1t is for the prac-
teal alchemist still secret fault, +"
which in its simplest analysis only the
Creator can discover and dispose. Some
mighty Alexander must yet come, and
by single stroke cut the Gordian knot.
And who can free me from my sins,
innate, inveterate, secret? The evil
which | would not, that l do, o, wretch
ed man that am, who shall deliver me
from the body of this death?" And here
is the sufficient answer: Il thank God
through Jesus Christ our Lord"
Then shall l be innocent from the
great transgression. A blessed boon.
Queen Charlotte wrote with her dia-
mond on the glass: Lord, make others
great; keep me innocent" Amen!
But what is the innocence spoken of in
this psalm? What is the great trans
gression? We read it in the early part
Of the verse; it is self-trust. Keep
back thy servant from presumptuous-
ness" The one great central sin is
presuming to depend on self; ii is loving
self and trusting self-in one word,
selfshness. Now, how shall we escape
such? God only can rescue us; he
alone knows how, he alone DEGREES and
executes it. "The law OF the Lord is
perfect, converting the soul" More
over, by them is thy servant warned. Z"
By obedience to Gods word, by sub
mission to his Spirit, new heart is
created, and where once self had do
minion, now Christ rules and reighs.
Next Lesson-"The Lord nv Shep-