The Southern herald., 1912-11-08

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occupied with the ordinary sast1
lfe-he was simply doing his asEI 81
> prosaic way. Re Was lendla6 E4s
hockA. and doubtless neanEAI'1
Eliminating en- big qaestona. iiesi|z
lng biz common tasks. and 50 pIsp4Es
ing himself for greater service h1eH
On By faithfully serving "a 4 Ioe4
capacity Moses vas LED into fast tAe4
humble frame Of mind which Cited
him for Advancement &c larger rsAper
Gihilitles. His promotion came
through = personal touch Of ne pew.
ers Of heaven upon his life. I
often so--the common round brings
man suddenly face to facs with gat
There Is no telling around which tufa
Of the road the angels may next meet
us. AZ Noses was leading his aeeH
he came to the mountain Of Cot
and an angel Of Cod appeared 70 him
IN = fame Of hre.
With q sacred inQulsltiveness Moses
turned aside to learn the meaning g
the strange sight that met his eyes.
What interested and surprised hfm
was not just a bush-Moses came
across plenty Of brambles In the land
OF indian. and had often torn bis
flesh on their thorns: nor was Il the
sight Of burning bush. for Noses had
seen many bonfres along the ridges oE
the hills that cut into the deserts. The
wonder wa5 that the bush, while burn
ing. did not burn-that II was rot con
sumed. We do not know Just what
the nature Of this miracle was, for We
DO not know the nature Of any mira
Gle. nor OF life ITSELF which is one
great wonder. II Is sufficient for the
moral purpose OF this epistlt 10 REQ
ognize that the burning bush was the
scene and seat Of some extraordinary
(and yet not necessarily irrational o.
unnaturaD phenomenal manifestation
Of the power and presence Of Jehovah.
In sense, God was In that bush, e.
he might be said to be In eth.
small voice"-not that the Deity II
pantheistically merged in the phenomr
ena of the world which he has created.
but that he is dynamicaIly at work
in all the processes Of nature, wheth-
or in those which we having plotted
down few data here and there. a.
to discovered laws" called natural"
or those In which. not having been
plotted as yet, men regard as extraor-
dinary. or miraculous"
: The most important point u this In
cident is the sign that It gave Moses
OF the dynamic presence OF Jehovah
in all his life, and lnferentially In our
lives, too. So very much was God IN
, that place that the wondering shep-
: herd was told to slip on bis sandals.
for the very earth upon which he
stood was "holy ground" BY this rev
elation OF God to him Moses life
was at once lifted to higher plane.
Yet It was not promotion In world
, ly sense that did this-not Just .
change of tasks, though Moses was in
deed thereafter called to more con-
spicuous duties-but helghtening OF
: moral ideal, the increase Of consecrar
ton, and the broader scope Of social
sympathy that came when Moses met
God face to face in INDIAN, was chal-
Ienged by his holy purpose, ana 40
4 cepted-though with some misgiving.
) due at first to a weak faith-the cali
to a larger task, and more arduous
' service.
Solitude often assists the culture OF
the higher life In man, and discovers
for him the sacred meaning Of the
! commonplace, when ordinary happen
8 lngs are consecrated to lofty and
a eternal aim. It is not necessary to
K 60 into the desert to find God-that
I was the mistake OF the old-time ascot
T les. What is needed Is a certain
9 amount of solitude In ones own heart
which leaves space for God to enter
and which is shared by the continual
presence Of him who spake to Moses
out OF the bush burning in the desert.
and who said to his Mission-sent dlsci-
pies: "Lo, am with you always, even
unto the end Of the world"
To the man who carries the sense
OF Gods presence with him no spot II
Absolutely lonely and every place is.
holy ground. Wherever such man
goes he sees-what happens many
around him fail to recognize
bushes of the commonplace glowing
with the theophanies Of revealing
God. In saying this am not teach
l ling any pantheistic nothing or mere
y eEentimental dream--I am simply en-
. fSrcing the fact, taught and Illustrated
Throughout the length and breadth OK
Scripture that the Lord Jehovah is
everywhere present by his spirit, at all
places and at all times ready 10 re-
, veal himself spiritually to the humble.
upbuilding all things by the word Of
! his power, and frequently taking de-
light in. making his glory to burst
through the veil Of the ordinary, until
the rudest hut By which some way
faring man kneels becomes nnantled
with dazzling Shekinah. He that
hath eyes to see let him see, and he
that hath ears TO hear let him hear
e this thing. Occupy yourself with Coda
le task, and. though like a Simon Peter.
u you have to toll all night taking