The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-04

meat IN due Of
the fowls ~ the air. YOUR leavenly Fathe,
/ ieedeth them. Are not tly, suarrows sold
Tor two iarthings, and not one OF them q
forgotton before Col (Math. vi. ~ Luxe
xii, 6)f Observe the phrase, ''I hny, yiyau "
and think OF Rom. viii. 32. lie who spare
not HIS own Son. but delivered HIN up fo-
US all, how shall He not with Him also freely
give us all things
81. And God saw everything that He had
made, and. behold, II wis very good. And
the evening and the morning were the sixth
day. THIS Is the seventh the that IL ia
written, God saw that 1t was good" God
- love, and II" cannot do or mike Tint
which ~ not In His sight good. Heis good.
and his mercy endureth forever CPs. cxxxyi.
-. He Is round dabout us ~ wall Of lire and
VIII not possibly permit Hught that is not
good 10 come 10 US, 80 we can surely bless
the Lord at all times (Xech. IL, o ;Ps. xxNiy
~. In all the days It is first evening, fol..
lowed 10y night and then morning. SO now
II is the worlds night, but the nigh. il far
spent and the day Is at hand. The morning
cometh (Rom. xii. ~ lisa. xxi, I9).
j. Thus the heavens and the earth were
finished and all the host OF them" "rhus. Z"
howt why 10y the word OF his mouth (Ps
axxiii., G). In chapter 1 it Is written ten
times, And Col said" Now. since He thus
created all things, what Is there He cannOt
dor "Ah, Lord God. behold, Thou hast
created the heavens and tho earth by Thy
great power and stretched out arm, and
there Il nothing too hard for Thee" der.
xxxii.. 10. III Christian. how thankful we
should be that God. who commanded the
hght TO shine out OF darkness. hath shined in
our heartsto give the light of the knowledge
oil the glory OF God In the face of Jesus
ohrlst (lI Cor. iv.. O.. on 'thc host OF
them see Deut. iv, 10 Tx. xii. Al rs.
ciii., II | Sam t., 3.
>. And on the seventh day God ended
HIS work which He had made. and He rested
on the seventh day from all His work which
ne had made The words finished" and
ended are suggestive OF some other works
In due time finished or 10 be finished, as the
tabernacle, the temple, the work OF atone.
ment and the redemption Of the world (Ex.
~, SS III Chron. VIII, IL John Xxx 80;
Rev. XXI, o, 81. God rested" cannot imDlv
weariness, for He iainteth not, neither IL
weary (lsa. xl., 2S). But He ceased az the
mamma ceased or WORK might cease (Joshua
", IL Neh. W., ~, And II we would enter
INTO his rest wa must cease from our own
WORKS as God did from His (Heb. iv, IO).
3. And God blessed the seventh day and
sanctiHod II, because that In II He had rested
from oil His work which God created and
made. III we would know His rest we must
reverence His Sabbaths. Disobedience here
gave Israel seventy years captivity III
Chron. xxxvi., 2l). Obedience in this par-
ticnlar will bring the richest blessings elsa.
iyiii., ~, ID lvi, AT. We have como
through nearly 5000 years since God created
Adam. 1t would not be strange IL the sew |
enth thousand should prove 10 be earth's |
oabbath day, the thousand years OF Rev. Xxx |
the millennium. Let us cease from ali our |
own works both as TO salvation and service. |
and resting In His work let Him work In US |
lPhil. H., l3).-Lesson Helper.