The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1949-08-25

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great literature. DR.. Foreman
They were not at
all bothered by miracle stories in
Scripture; they believed them. and
took them as evidences Of the
mighty power Of God (see Psalm
1853. They did not look on the Bible
a. chiefly q dictionary Of Don'ts.
, They did not think Of It as Sab
bath book, but rather as an every
day one. II did not strike them ~
Q book Of mystery.
The Psalmists' Bible
IN reading Psalm 1o:7-ll. Il 10 IN
1 terssting to see how many differ
snt things the Psalmist says about
the Word Of God. He calls e ~
various names. but that IL only b.
cause. being . poet. hs likes to use
several words for the same thing.
Az for Psalm l0S. where else but In
M Bible- wouiu me poet nave
learned that story Of Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and the de-
hvsrance from Egyptf
The reader Of this Psalm win
observe that the subject q most
q the sentences 10 GOD. Al
the poet reviews his peoples
history, re shows that It h mot
! simply the doings Of the Israeli
ties, but II Is God who brings
things 70 pass.
MAN proposes but God disposes"
In q proverb which the writer OF
Psalm los would approve. Psalm lfs
| 10 known ~ an ''alphabeAc' or
"acrostic" poem. 1t IL divided into
q sections. each one exactly eight
verses long. There are % letters in
the Hebrew alphabet, and In the
Hebrew original Of this Psalm each
verse Of the first section begins
With the first letter Of the Hebrew
alphabet. Aleph; in the next Sec
ton, Beth. and 20 on down to the
last letter. Tau.
The Book Of God
UyHAT the Writers Of these Psalms
w said about the partly done
Bible Of their times 10 OF course
even more true Of the completed
Bible which 10 our heritage ~
Christians. One thing they make
clear Is that this 10 first Of all God s
book. They knew a. well as we dc
: that different human minds had
: part Of 1t, but for all that 1t II
, always God whose message comes
through what they wrote. The Bible
properly understood. reveals the
7 mind Of God and the will OF God
The Bible reveals also the doings
, Of God. His story Is the weaving o.
Gods eternal DEGREES on the loom!
Of time. Again, these poets see tina
l the Bible Is for man and about man
None q them thought Of II ~
> . guide to heaven, but rather ~
Q road map or 10 guide Us
through the maxes Of this world.
Psalm he stresses this world,
!, and No other, - the world on
v which Gods light shines.
The commandments Of God ar
20 many lengths Of barbed wire +
t fence W In. rather road-signs :
r guide US on life's open highway
v The Bible presents the How" G
q living. 1t is Gods map for me.
The Bible in The Heart
THE SENTENCE: THY wor
! have-I- hid in. my heart
psalm ll9:lO is the clue 10 Ii
right use of the Bible. When
Hebrew writer says heart" h
means something more than mer
emotion. The word means char
acter, what a man really is.
young Korean was learning tn
Sermon on the Mount, but maxim
slow work of it.
when missionary askeu MN
about it, the boy said, II have
, to be slow. First learn u
verse, then l go out and live II.
, can learn the words in few
, minutes; but 1t takes longer
!, than that to live It."
. That is the right idea. One vers
more than a chapter that nevs
, gets deeper in than the edge of Il
brain.
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