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SeIectod tor Ene AoVett1eer. Lord. Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations ."--Ps,. xe.s l.
 Moses was the inspired author of three devotional compositions. He was a poet when Pharaoh and his hosts we're drowned in the Red Sea; later in life he was a preacher. end now we find him the author of thls prayer---"A Prayer of Moses. the Man of God" His was the happy combination of poet preacher and the man of prayer. When three such things are found together. that man becomes a giant above his fell lows.
 Moses here speaks of an habitation--- Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place" And further, here is the lease i of tito all generations"
 Let us contrast this thought of an abiding, dwelling place. with the pecu- l liar position of the Israelitos at that time. They were kept in a state of constant unrest. They had nothing of what we call comfort ease or peacp, but must be always on the move.- ai- expectancy. But Moses. the man of | God; disceFns with gratitude a different eondition--"Thou art not our tent but our dwelling place"
 !" Q may Cn0HkCs Dnb HOu, AEG | our dwellipg-place to All generations. " The Christian knows no change with l regard to God. God is his strong tower, to wiIch he may continually resort Amid tas &C., changes and ,Sil chances of the constant shifting of the seasons. and the departure of friends, blessed be God, there Is One who changeth not, who Is always thessame, and to all generations How we4ry Israel must have been in the wildernessl How tired of wander ing in a barren land full of peril, dis, comfort and trouble. God Is our rest and dAtense--a sure abiding place. You will never find rest except in Him. YSu may seek it elsewhere but your true and only refuge is in Him The dwelling place of man is where he can feel himself at ease and unbend Whatever may be the outside duties comfort is at home. Do you ever find yourself at home with God? Do you
 know what 1t is to tell all your SC crets to God in prayer? The littlc wants you would be ashamed to tell A mother: the little frets and trIais-teil them all to God? He knows, and He understands. Ten Him that grief you could not whisper even to your dearest friend God loves His people all the Him, and the more God lives in the Christian, the better the Christian loves Him. Gan you say In this sense : Lord. Thous hast been my dwelling place?
 Home is the place where the affes. tions are all centered. It is natural that men should love their homes: 1t Is spir- ttual that they should love them bet ter still. Is God your habitation in that soul to him? Dol you bring your whoin heart to Him and say: 70. my God, Thou hast been our dwelling place in an genera tiops. Be mine now''?
 hn AR N- ing place. God Is our habitation. Some times persons are turned out nf their house or the house may tumble down about their ears. It can never be so place May you take this house in its long lease and ever have God as youv friend and sure abiding-place.
 You may have. poor creature. a house It is something for the body to be houseless, hut think of a houselesn soul! Where wilt thou hide thy guilty head? Where wilt thou shelter thy self when the blast of the terrible one shall be as a storm upon the wall?
 Poor, houseless soul. dost thou want a home? Here Is one for every sinner who feels his misery. Do you ask the purchase? It is without money ana without price. If you had a house oe your own would not offer It, but since you have no other. here 1t is and freely given. If you feal the house Is too good for you, Christ will make you good enough for 1t, and if you will ae- cept His offer, your feet stand on the threshold of this solemn. untried new year. What Hes ahead none can tell: but of this we are confident He who has guided and helped in the past will do SO even more sbundantly in the fu- ture # we will trust Him wholly and truly,
 With him as Ruler and Friend. the soul may triumphantly exelaim with Moses: Lord, Thou has been our dwelling-place in all generations" and that dwelling=piace secure and eternal In thA haaVenA