Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-09-12

( ing and shaping of the wood had pro,
crossed wonderfully. Everybody hac
somo part in the work, even the chill.
dren catching the eager spirit of their
elders and gladly doing what they
! could to help.
How swiftly the weeks and months
mad passed. So occupied with the task
In hand had they been that they had
no time for murmuring. 1t hardly
seemed possible that they were the
same people who had threatened
Moses at Rephidim, or had forgotten
God and made for themselves the
! golden calf there at Mount Sinai Day
by day they had received instruction
at Moses hand in the laws and ordi-
hahces OF God, which he had received
| "hiie on the mount with God, and
"hlle they wrought in the work they
We'd with each other in seeing how
faithfully and well they could perform
their tasks.
They had talked together of tina.
DAY when the Tabernacle should bs
set up. and God would be served in
the way appointed, and it is no won.
der that when the tidings came to
them that on the morrow they would
see the Tabernacle reared. there was
very great rejoicing. so that the sound
OIL laughter and singing filled the
camp.
Inc sun that night set upon an ex-
pectant people. At the place appoint
ed the rich and costly materials had
oeen brought and the Levites in
structed concerning the placing OF the
same, while the people stood at
distance and watched as long as the
daylight lasted. and then as the soft
glow OF the pillar resting high up on
the side OF the mountain fell upon tho
camp, the people turned slowly and
went TO their tents, saying. softly tc
! themselves:
Tomorrow will the Lord have
dwelling place in our midst"
But how little they realized all that
was implied in that saying. How
meager was their idea of the mean
ing of the Tabernacle and it's APP
rointed worship. It's richness OF ma-
terial, Its varied appointments. the
| plans for the Tabernacle service all
absorbed their attention. and apart
from the general consciousness of God.
they did not enter deeply into the
| spirit of the occasion.
But even though the heart under.
stood not, eyes and ears were eager
to drink in every detail of the ami.
mated scene which began next day
with the first rays of light A rev.
erent hush was upon the people while
the work was going on, and no man
dared TO venture near where the walls
OF the tabernacle were reared and the
tent spread above
Then Moses took the ark. and In
the sight of all the people, he placed
therein the tablets of stone on
which were written the command.
ments, and the rod and pot OF the
mamma. And then he set the slaves
on the ark and put the mercy seat
above the ark, and it was carried
within.
See whispered the people, one to
another, as the Levites bearing the
ark disappeared, see what Moses has
done with the rod, and the tablets Of
stone given TO him on the mountain
and the pot of mamma"
Yea, cried Moses, turning towards
the people, and noting the solemn
! hush which had fallen upon them
/ yea, II is the testimony OF the Lord
Beneath the mercy seat where God
I Will now have his abiding place in
the midst OF Israel, rest the evidences
of Gods presence with Israel thus far.
The rod through which God worked
such mighty deliverance. the pot OF
mamma the evidence OF Gods mirao 4.
! lous feeding OF his people in tho
midst OF the wilderness Businesses, the
/ tables of stone. the revelation of Gods
/ perfect will for the guidance OF his
| people. These tokens of Gods deal
ings with his people rest beneath the
mercy seat, even as you. the children
OF Abraham, are preserved under the
mercy seat of Gods love"
/ Again silence fell upon the people
as Moses ceased speaking The Levites
have withdrawn, leaving the ark in
the holy of holes. and the people
stand expectant.
Moses will now enter and talk with
God they whispered one to the
other.
But while they thus spoke. the
cloud, which had stood upon the noun
tain side, came and covered the Tab.
ernacle, and the glory OF the Lord
filled the place.
Never before had the people beheld
such glory and splendor. The Cloud
had always been a thing of wond er by
day and splendor Of glory by night.
but now II glowed and scintillated
with hoarfv frauarapdout
Surely this was the temple OF the
Lord and he had come down and filled
Il.
What temple in Egypt had they
ever seen which had been so visited
by the gods in whose name they had
been reared?
When had II ever been that the
priests of Egypt could not enter their
temples because the glory of their
gods had so filed the place7