Evening star., 1927-11-13
C6ht:haed from Third Phge.t

tC6nt.haed from Third Pase.)
How job Wayers between hope and lie
spain. believing and casting out he
lief ~ know" aet us waive the crit
'ciem tf this passage as an interpo
'nt.Jn Of later scribes) ~ know that
my Eedcemer literally avens +r' iiv.
eth and that He shall stand mt the
'atter day upon the earth: and though
lfter my skin worms. destroy this
i,cdt. yet In my flesh shall see God
Xix 2j-.Gl. But then hear the authen
tic accents of the deepest doubt:
Man that Is born of a woman is
of few days. and full OF trouble.
He cometh forth like a flower. and
is cut down: he heeth also az
shadow and continueth not.
For there is hope of tree. if it
i've cut down. that it viii sprortt
rgain. and that the tender branch
thereof will not cease Though the
ZOO. thereof wax old in the earth.
and the stock thereof die in the
eruinl. vet through the scent of
water it will bud. and brin. forth
bouehs like plant But man
diath. and waSteth away: yea. man
giveth up tha ghost. and where is
sea and the flood decayeth and
dryeth up. so man leth down and
riseth not: till the heavens he no
more, they shall not awake. nor
he raised out Of their sleep.
xiv v.1.12.)
And then, at the end. the ihexhaust.
ibe faith Of the Jewish people reas
serts itself. and in vision as mag
nificSnt as anything in Michplangeio
job sees God not as the maker and
ruler Of man merely. but rs the order
and law of the planets and the stars
the structure and substance i1s Spi-
noza would sayj of the universe.
Then the lord answered job ott
Of the whirlWind and said. Who
is this that ,larkeneth counsel by
words without knowledge? Gird up
now thy loins like a man: for
will deftand Of thee and answer
thou me. Where vast thou when
laid the foundations Of the e@earth2
Declare. !. IL thou hast undefsta nd
ing. Who hath laid the measures
thereof. II thU1l knowest. Or who
hath stretched the line upon it
s. when the morning stars
sing together. ana AL the sons or
I GOd shouted for 10Y? Or w11o shut
ttp the sea with .Gours and
slid. Hitherto sh1lt thou come, hut
no further; and here shall thy
proud waves lie stayed
Hast thou entered into the springs
nf the sea? or hast thou walked
in the search of the depth? iIave
the gates of death been opened
unto thee? or hast thou seen the
e ref .1f~Os L.
Hast thou perceived the. breadth
OF the, earth? Hast thou entered
into the treasures of the snow?
~. BY what way is the light
parted. which scatter eth tn" east
wind upon the earth? Who hath
divided the water cUffrse for the
overfowins of waters. or way
for the lightning Of thunder: to
cdtise it Ia rain on the earth where
no man Is. on the wilderness where
in there Is no man: TO satisfy the
desolate and waste round. and tn
cause the hud of the tender herb
to spring forth" Hath the rain Il
father? or who hath besUtten the
drops nf dew? Out of whose womb
came the ice? and the hoary frost
of heaven. who has Gendered 1t?
The waters are hid as with n stone.
and the face nf the deep Is frozen.
Canst thou hind the sweet influ.
enoe Of the rlciades. or loose the
bands of Orion?
\ 4 X ~
Tn this majestic philesophc flight
the Hebrew poet secs the universe
as Whitman saw 1t in Snlut au Monde
he realizes 1t as Il cosmic whpe. aud
i'm its light he Sees each Part with
a healing perspective and motirsty