The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-19
ro!cE gH1 MOUNTAIN i.
IL l. in tho Bble-Their Majesty and
Beauty.


After All the voice Of the mountains Is
in tne Bible. there they break forth into
slngins." What numbers Of great events
too1 place on thc mountains: there Moses
went 10 receive Gods commandments,
there ne sought strength for his great
task of .iy us the iaW 10 Israel. there ne
SO a., 5uiulnr bush: there he looked
o,,er fte promised land from which MS
sin hau cut MIN Ohi and into the noun
tains DE went alone 10 die. IN the noun
talns tlljah prepared Tor his greatest
mission. there God spoke TO him. as ne
had spoken TO Moses.
on Inc mountain the ark rested ana
on the mountain Abraham's sacrifice was
made.
christ spoke His most wonderful words
from the mountain. as they sat on a
uouutaln-slic he explained 10 IFS dis
ctples the parab.es; lie went up into the
mountain TO be trdusii6ured before them
'the night before Ills crucitNOn he went
with his disciples unto tie Mount or
Olives, where lie had once wept over
Jerusalem. and there lie prepared to Ole;
and from a mountain also Ills disciples
watched His ascension into Heaven.
Nowhere else besides all the great
events associated In the Bible with noun
taIns, are there such poetical descriptions:
nowhere else has the beauty and majesty
OF the mountains so taken possession or
mems hearts and so fired their imagi-
nation. When Jacob hlesses Joseph, he
blesses him unto the utmost bound Of
the everlasting hills HOW full OF the
love Of the mountains are the Psalms:
Yet have / set my king upon my holy
hill Of Zion" Lord, who shall dwell in
Thy holy hill? lie that walketh uprighuy
and wOrketh righteousness and spedketh
the truth in his heart" and again David
cries: "Who shall ascend into the hill OF
the Lord? lie that hath clean hands and
a pure heart" Il is he 10 whom alone
the hills shall speak this message, that
message, as Shelley says. mot understood
by all" Wordsworth said;
by grace divine.
Not otherwise . Nature we are thine;
and David prayed. 90 send out Thy light
and Thy truth: let them lead me; let them
bring me unto Thy holy him. All David's
heart is full Of the strength of the noun
tains. When he sings OF Gods power he
Says. '"rhe Lord is a great God and
great King above all gods. In His hands
are the deep places OF the earth; and the
strength OF the hills is His ALSO the
cattle upon thousand hills" are Gods.
and lie knows "all the fowls Of the noun
talns."
How timely David describes the impress
sion OF a thunder storm among the noun
tains: 1.-THE Lord regneth; let the earth
rejoice. CLOUDS and darkness are round
about Him. A fire goetn before Him and
burneth up His enemies round about.
His lightenings enlightened the world:
the earth saw and trembled. The hills
melted like wax at the presence of the
Lord. at the presence OF the Lord Of the
whole earth and then, after re have
seen and tremhled at the darkness. and
the terrible flashes, comes peace after
the storm: "The heavens declare His
righteousness. and all the people see His
glory
When David wishes to give an impress
sion Of trust and confidence. as well as
of strength. he goes to the mountains
again for his illustrations:
"They that trust in the Lord. shall be
as Mount Zion, which cannot be removed,
but abideth forever. As the mountains
are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord
81 round about His people from hence
forth even forever" And Solomon draws
his comparison from the eternal hills
when he speaks OF wisdom: Before the
mountains were settled. before the hills,
was i brought forth Isaiah and ali the
prophets are fun OF the spirit of the noun
tains. THE nations shall rush like the
rushing OF many waters: but God shall
rebuke them, and they shah Zee far OF
and shall be chased the char OF the
mountains before the wind. and like a
rolling thing before the whirlwindi" How
grandy the words storm forth. and how
vividly the picture presents itself 10 as.
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