The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-08

Israel is saved. but what Of Jeho-
yah? He has suffered ANY loss % ~
sential integrity The salvation Of 4
world, or Of q universe, at such a cost
were too dearly bought, Moses intui-
lively feels this, and. trembling With
new anxiety and bewiiderment, tina
great heart cries: ShoE me now thA
way, that l may know thee"
1t was the same cry that. fifteen
centuries afterwards, broke from tha
trembling lips Of Phillip. Lord, show
1t was the same mighty yearning that
fired the courage Of Augustine; LORD.
hast thou declared that no man shall
see thy face and live then let me
die. that | may see thee"
Il pray'thee show me thy glory
glory. not as it blazed In the bush
which burned with fire and was NOS
consumed; not as unfurled. Il royai
ensign flung across the heavens, To
guide the mighty host over the desert.
not as opening the Storehouses of the
sky and raining down bread for the
II tire tfft-1tv busum
of the rock to give water to the fam
ishing; not the glory which rolled
back the pillows of the sea that Is
raet might pass safely over--then
babe the waves return. with a shout
10 leap, ana run. and dance above the
still forms of Pharaoh and and his
army--not that! not thati--not visi-
BILE glory, but something which neither
miracle nor portent could disclose
The perpleXed brain. the aching heart
cried out after God-his very self
the key which should unlock the mys-
teries OF his ways--the key hidden
somewhere in the depths of his ia-
finite being.
Jehovah does not add perplexity to
perplextty by answering the cry of
intellectual bewilderment by abstract
statements in theology, though 1t
would seem that that was what
Moses wanted. But Jehovah knnw
what his servant needed. and, almost
as though he had not heard the per-
picked mind $ demand, he makes re-
ply:
Behold there is place by me.
and thou shall stand upon a rock =
But you say. Does not this localize
the great God of the universe docs
it not initiate against the doctrine
of his omniprese nce ?" No, we arc
not speaking now as the Psalmist did
when he exclaimed; "Whither shall
go from thy spirit; or whittier shall
/ flee from thy presence If L ascend
up into heaven, thou art there; if /
make my bed in hell behold thou art
there. II / take the wings of the
morning and dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea, even there shall thy
hand lead me and thy right hand
shall hold me-" We are speaking OF
Gods presence in that sweet ethical
sense which enriches SO MANY of the
most precious passages of the Word
OF God, and which, but pust now.
prompted you to sing as If you would
storm the very gates of heaven with
your melody, Nearer, My God. to
Thee Nearer to Thee" Thank God
many of us know what that means!
Behold there is "a place by me-
and thou shall stand upon rock"
That was Jehovah's answer to Moses
centuries ago. 1t Is his answer to
the perplexed brain and burdened
heart still The werld needs that
answer to-day.
Close TO God, standing on the eter-
nal rock, there is room for all. 1t is
II a place OF revelation. where
mysteries fade out, and tumuitnous
hearts feel the touch OF an infinite
calm"
Say not the oracies are dumb. He
still speaks TO his people--heaven still