The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-02-10
The Ne. Covenant.

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be found in Ger. 81: 27-27.
INTRODUCTORY.
We are accustomed to hear of jere-
maids, suggesting words OF lamentation
and warning. In the lesson before us
we see what O. clear, far-seeing eye was
under Jeremiah's gloomy brow. TAere
was sunshine in his heart, though he
lived in cloudy days. What he says
about the wretchedness OF the times In
which he lived is no less true than what
he says regarding the dawning Of Gods
better day. 1t Is Gods truth all the
while. And it is well TO remember that
| toward sin and rebellion truth can only
speak in words OF admonition and sor-
row. JOY and gladness is truths voice
TO the meek and penitent. Doubtless
there is Jeremiah of warning for the
present generation, and, also, If we may
sc speak, a Jeremiah Of hope.
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
The days come Jeremiah had been
prophesying evil of the days which were.
He turns now, or in the chapter pre-
ceding go sv) to speak good OF the
days to come; the two-fold ministry OF
the prophet, namely, preaching and pre-
dicting.-I will SOW. Same word as
seed that follows, i. e., seed with seed,
or better SOW with sowing .-The house
Of Israel and the house of Judah. The
old rivalry forgotten and obliterated in
the general distress.
Like as Or in like manner as (asher),
same kind, same degree Watched
over Twice used in this verse. To
keep watch. Ps. cxxvii: /. THE watch
man waketh but in vain;" same word.
A sour grape. Better as in the Re-
vision, sour grapes. The word is a
collective fgSm the verb to be sour or
unripe, and referring to any kind Of
green, acid fruit.
Every one. Not like the Hebrew OF
every man that follows in the next
clause. The form here more nearly re-
sembles who ever it be, conditional
shading. Ills teeth. Emphatic, ac-
cent the his.
Saith the Lord. Sacred terminologys
like oracle OF acknowledgements.
Literally cutting, referring to the sac
rificial form with which an Oriental con-
tract Of grave Importance was made.
The parties were wont TO pass between
the several parts of the Offering.
BY the hand. Or by sand. Like little
children, led and controlled Which
my covenant they brake. An awkward
passage, both in the English translation
and the original text. When they broEe
my covenant, would be a tolerably fah
rendering. Although the Hebrew Is
simply and.-I was an husband. The
1 is emphatic. The word husband is
used in its Specification of lord or master,
the root meaning to rule.
Ordinances of the moon. Literally
laws, |. O., the regular prescribed move
ments in their orbit, Douay: order
Divideth the sea. Revision and Douay:
stirreth up the sea. Margin, stilleth
the sea. Here are variations of a pro-
nounced sort. But the Hebrew is clear
ly stilleth or quleteth. SO rendered at
Jeremiah AZ: 6. Rest and be still, " this
identical verb.-ROar. marked
onomantic, poetic term, carrying its sig
nificance in its sound: Hoom-m! The
order of the Hebrew is quieting the sea
and the waves roar, /. e., though the
waves roar.
These ordinances. Laws OF natures
orderly working or move
away, /. c., out Of the prescribed path.
The same wort, at lisa. %: %, of the
mail fastened in the sure place, is
translated, removed, or, Revision, give
way, suggestive rendering.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
When present days are i'll, why not
look forward to the Nlys that come, the
Christians privilege always.-Is there
any y ED too rocky or too desolate for
the Lords planting? Only let the great
Sewer 90 forth to sow.-Where now is
the boundary line between the house OF
Israel and the house of Judah? 1t is
grief that brings us often together
Was it not the same watchful care that
plucked up that also builded and planted,
was not Jehovah keeping guard in days
OF judgment as well as in days of mer-
cy, in captivity as well as in restoration;
indeed were not both alike of the divine
mercy?
Is 1t the forbidden fruit OF Adam
eating that has set my teeth on edge, or
is it the sour grapes that my own teeth
have pressed? What it cost God
in outlay to make the first covenant we
can in some measure estimate, but who
can properly conceive of the depth of
sacrifice necessary to the PRONUNCIATION
Of this second convention? He gave His
Son. Israel was the child race,
and she was led as a child by hand. The
spiritual and fraternal relationship OF
to-day is undoubtedly a higher one.
And yet are there not many who seem
disposed, like religious weddings, to
put themselves back, under the old rudi-
ments2
Aslaw within: is not this the reign or
conscience, the dispensation of the
Spirit? Gods voice is within as well as
without-What is being written on'the
tablet of your heart? Is it God or Satan
that is using your heart as a scroll?-
Gods goodness and mercy covers all
instances and emergencies. Are you
thinking of your willful sin? He says:
Here is pardon for that Are you
thinking of your natural depravity? He
has, as 1t were, forgotten it-Look up
into the heavens: look out on the sea.
Are they beyond jehovah control? And
this is our God-Have you, in good
sense, hitched your wagon to star?
I'VE are going to tear down the churches
and obliterate religion, they boastfully
said to the French philosopher. Il adj
wise you to pull down the stars, w. was his
calm rejoinder.
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