The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-16

And It came tc pass that the cloud
was taken Up from over the tabernacle
Of the testimony And the children OF
Israel set forward according to their
journeys out of the wilderness Of Sinai;
and the cloud abode in the wilderness CT
Paran- And Moses said unto Hobab the
son OF Reuel the Midianite (also q ken
ite} Moses fatheT-in-law; we are
iourneying unto the place OF which Je-
hovah said. I Will give II you; come
thou with US, and we viii do thee good;
for Jehovah hath spoken good concern
ing Israel" And nc said unto him, I
will not go: but I will depart to mine
own land. and to my kindred. ."
And he said, Leave US not. pray
thee; forasmuch as thou knoTest how
We are to eneamp IN the wilderness, and
thou shall be to as instead OF eyes"
And II shall be, IL thou go with US, yea,
II shall be. that what good s0eveT Je-
hovah shall do unto US, the same viii
we do unto thee. Aad they set forward
from the mount Of Jehovah three days
journey; and the ark of the covenant Of
Jehovah went before them three days
journey. to seek out a resting place for
thee And the cloud Of Jehovah was
over them by day, when they set for
ward from the camp. And II came TO
pass, when the ark set forward, that
Moses said: Rise up. Jehovah. and
let thine enemies be scattered; and let
them that hate thee fee before thee"
And when it rested. he said; Return,
o Jehovah, unto the ten thousands Of
the thousands CT Israel
Delay at Sinai.
God halted his people for nearly a
year at the foot Of Mount Sinai But
Sinai was an ever memorable mile post
in all their subsequent history. Sinai
was burnt in upon the national memory
Of the people. The Israelftes made haste
slowly there TO their great advantage
in their marchings They were being
prepared there for national life. and for
future marching. battles, and Victories.
Like the general OF a great army would
do. God there Instructed them. drilled
them. made them better acquainted with
himself. brought them into closer union
with himself and into closer sympathy
with his purposes. Great nations are not
built in a day. Neither are great men
made in a day. Nor are great Christians
made in day. Greatness is a matter OF
growth on right lines to great extent
A man must have had q great childhood
A great nation must have been beaten
and nodded into greatness by great ex-
Deriences-
A great Christian must first have great
knowledge OF himself and Of Col and
his purpose before he can be great. Great
physicians, great preachers, great teach
ers. great business men. and great sol
diers require the discipline and medi-
tatiou of many days TO prepare them
for their achievements The stay OF tie
TsraeIItes at Sinai helped 70 educate
them in the arts OF liberty and the pow
er of seIf-control. They had just been
rescued from the debasing influences Of
slavery and their wills had not been
their own. At Sinai they had been es-
tablfshed in the principles and forms Of
their religion. They had been given
those great gifts of the moral law writ
ten upon tablets of stone, and OF the
tabernacle and its services, which is
mirror Of true religion. and Of the in
stitution of the priesthood, and had got
ten many glimpses there OF the char
acter and VIII OF God The stay at
Sinai had been q benefit to them physi-
cally. and a social reunion Of the tribes
Much is gained by delay in life some
times. We. the twentieth century peo-
pie. need to remember this
The. people are ready at last, and God
is ready for them TO 90 forward. The