The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-07-30

Natures uLfailing manifestations anG
know that spring will follow winter,
and summer spring and autumn sum-
mer. We know that she operates In
obedience to a mighty law.
1T is but an easy M orderly step
l from Nature and her laws to man
and the laws which should govern
him. God is revealed as a God of law
and order in His universe. Man recog-
nizes this relationship and this har-
mony, and why should 1t be deemed
strange and unnatural that God in His
relations to man should have laws,
which If obeyed issue ID beauty and
harmony, but which, if disregarded,
bring discord and violence? The
Psalmist, sensitive to the Divine reve-
lation, passes from Nature and heI
laws, to man and his laws. He could
sit out on the Judean hillside amid all
the beauties Of that marvellous land
scape and enjoy it only as he sang the
complete song Of man and his rela-
dons to God, and YOU anu / must 90
the same thing. We must not be con-
tent with the revelation of God in Ma
ture, but re must seek the fuller reve-
lation Of God which is to lie found in
His Word See what David thought of
Gods Word; how he loved to view it
from all sides. 1t was law, perfect
aw, converting and restoring the sou..
1t was testimony, sure testimony.
bringing wisdom to the simple-heart-
ed. 1t was statutes, right statutes,
making the life to rejoice under theif
beneficent rules. 1t was command
ment, pure commandment, making the
eyes quick to see the good and to put
aside the evil. 1t was holy, Cody
fear, cleansing in its power, and endrr-
ing forever. 1t al judgments, true and
righteous, bringing deliverance to the
obedient heart and punishment to the
unrepentant and ungodly. To him this
Word was better than the riches of the
world, and more satisfying than all
the sweets and dainties of the world.
1t IA the danger signal, the guide
post, which would keep the feet
from slipping into the bypaths of sin
and it was the bearer of rich gifts t.
those who remembered 1t to keep 1t
How much David saw in Gods Words
How he loved to look off upon the face
of Nature and discover some new revela.
ton Of God there, and then how eagerly
he would scan his bit of scroll contain
ing Gods Word and there find some new
thought, some new secret, of God in His
relations to him and mankind. But how
little we enjoy Gods Word. As we go
off for our vacation rest, let us learn of
God not only in Nature but in His Word:
let us seek that harmony with God which
prevails between God and. Nature, and
gives to her such irresistible charm. 1t
may be our privilege to find Gods Word
meaning to US all that it meant to David.
A ND without Gods Word. there is no
n recognition of the personal rela-
men. How vague is the thought of Goo
to multitudes of people. Why is it so?
Why is it that people like to get lost in
the crowd and talk in a vague sort OF
way of the fatherhCJd of God and the
brotherhood of man? Why IS it that
men like to think their own thoughts of
God, and not Gods thoughts for them
and about them? Is it not because there
is not the sense of the personal relation
ship which should and must exist be-
tween God and man: Is it not because
man does not know and does not care to
know God? fear it is. Study your own
heart and seek to discover the reason
you do not want to know God better. Is
it not for the reason we have stated
above? The contemplation of Nature
gives convincing proof of the existence
of a God. The contemplation Of His
Word brings revelation of that God
which we have discovered in Nature.
And that revelation brings sense of OBJ
to God. Hear the Psalmist as he
closes. He has beheld Nature and ex-
how lovely; how the glory of
God is manifested. He has beheld Gods
perfect, pure law and has exclaimed:
1t is better than gold and sweeter than
honey. But what an X ray it has been
to his soul! How it has revealed the
true condition. How it has brought to
light the hidden sinsi
HE greatest discovery which man
L ever makes is the discovery of him
self; that is the discovery of his true
condition and need before God. Man
does this Of and within himself.
1t takes the Word of God to reveal it to
him. David never knew what name
of man he was until he had looked into
the mirror of Gods Word and there he
saw reflected and revealed his true like