The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-31

such meditations upon our own failures is
tie message Of God To US. L. even l. am he
mat hlGtteth out Thy transgression Tor mine
own sake. and viii not remember thy sins.
NheH that message Is truly received by any
s.ul, then Is fulfilled that other promise Of
God. Thy light shall break forth as The.
morning, and thine health shall spiing forth
speedily; tiny righteousness shall 20 before
the. and the glory of the Lord shall he thy
FtrtHdca.' Then We are sheltered from the
IdrSolhS Zoe under the shadow OF the AL
mighty. The l'saiTiSt David knew the
meaning of this "xper!cnc" when he said.
thou hast bcSet me behind and before and
laid thine hand upon mo. by the glory OF
his grace and the splcndo- of his defense
he makes Us TO dwell in s-fe;y
AGAIN, now We need God "a lee our rear
guard 10 save us from ours. lN,-s Over and
over again the people leaving Egypt desired
To return. Salvation from the EgyptiIn
WAS important, tut salvation from them
selves and the tendency of their own desires
was equally important. They lougci for the
flesh pots Of Egypt. 20, brethren even now
NE IS 80 singular and hard. /; : the life OF
marching and lighting, of danger and wait
Seas ana SindiS. with hunger and thirst
with forward and backward movements
How s,r:nge that God should lead his peo-
PIE round about in the wilderness. w. weary
or II. We turn back. We prefer EgVuI
Then, by the glory OF our rercNard W., are
saved from returning to the life Of bondage
Even though We C!aUor for the highly sea-
Sonei LIE. God. 10y the glory of his pres
tHcc, by his protecting and qUiCkening grace
holding Il,
from those things that would quickly swal-
low Us up The children OF Israel did not
long i2nr' eagerly for the locks and onions,
o. Egypt than We long sometimes for the
honorS and pleasures oI the world
Again, with the rear guard there might
always be found the sick the lame anu
The faint. The STANDARD of Dan was the re
reward of Israel. and it must have been
a source of muCa consolation 10 an Israel
10 remember that between them and the
r.Svptians vas the STANDARD OF that unwpr-
called fpf- ,,F
All the Cemps- The marginal readin. of
sNt is and the God uf Israel Will gsth.r
You M lie viii gather up the weak and
needy How often have We rcad Of ;hr
faint siragGlerS Cf armies falling prey
to the wild beasts or dying of hunger. We
are al familiar with th. pIuvrrh The devil
hihiri"St-wc;k. helpless. sick. alone: But
GOD docs not abandon the hndmoSt to he
I ken II yiIr d"yii He gathers them up.
4 ne glory of the Lord is to he our rcreward'
lie iS not only IN the lead OF his people
with the strong, the confident HEd the sue
C,.1stUI. but hc IS in the rear with the
glory of his pT"SenC" among tine weary aud
.wsil-niGh gone
beloved. le; MS leave the past y.ar. not
ny flight or haste. but in quiet assurance
and firm confidence that God is oar de-
t6nS. on every side. our 'iod is before Us
lie VII meet an our. n"cns. "renng the
sea II need he for oTr G"iivrrauco. III. pill
lar % cloud ana Of fire will never fursiEt
Us Inc mama "Hi i!Er HrHigc stream
stall be our without fail. Even thy
shoes shal! be iron and h'a.S' Ani, be-
loved. our God f. behind us. saving is
from attack in the rear. Therefore. W.. need
mos fear. He VIII he orr salvation on every
side. II is uuVs. therefore. To march out uf
!'"t IN iGll as$uraugs, being confident that
Cod Will s':-'iv bring US into a goudly
Iar'. n ll"i flowing with milk and with
hone 'Th" Lord shall guio" thee cunfin-
uailE. and ea;iSfy thy S1ui in drou.hi.
and thou shalt he Ike q agtorcd garirn
and Ike q srriGS of water. whose waters