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the paschal lamb. Christ is in It all. He surmounts every feature and sets forth every lesson. Apart from Him the Exodus has no meaning, and the blood sprinkled doorpost and lintels are unintelligible. How the conflict raged in Egypt and in the wilderness; with what awful maiice Satan repeat edly sought the entire destruction of the Lord’s people; and yet in the midst of It all, and following imme diately upon the awful thunders of Mount Sinai the Tabernacle is reared, a monument in every detail of Its beautiful make-up to the Covenant-Keeping Jehovah who will never allow His people to perish, and who gives them constant reminders of His infinite mercy and grace. We pass once more over long ages, and many an interesting point until we reach the point from whence this chapter commences. Israel is on the verge of utter collapse, internecine war is working its deadly havoc, Israel in association with Syria seeks the complete destruction of Jerusalem, and in the hour of peril Isaiah, mar velously prepared for his mission, by his entrance into the holy presence, comes forth with a new message of comfort and hope. War and blood shed and horror may rage around, but into the heart of it a glorious truth is proclaimed and a great promise held out. A Son Shall be born, a Child shall be given, and upon His shoulders shall rest authority and power and glory such as the worla has never seen. “ The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.” .9%-' m LAY HOLD OF ETERNAL LIFE In the name of Him who purchased it, and offers it, and urges you to Ac cept of it, I entreat you to lay hold of eternal life. He promises it now— to-day; but not to-morrow. The angels hovered, on wings o f astonishment, over a Saviour’s lowly cradle, and around His bloody cross; may they not be as much astonished to see a man refuse a crown of glory as they were to see the Son of God wearing the crown of thorns? Oh, what would the damned, the devils give for the offer you hesitate to accept? Why destroy your souls? Why scorn the love of JesuB? Why provoke a loving and long-suffering God to say, My spirit shall not any longer strive with that man— his blood be on his own head— he is joined to his idols, let him alone.—Guthrie.
Ar«opa|Ui, Where Paul Preached "And they took him (Paul), and brought him unto Areopagus, saying. May we know what this new doctrine, whereot thou speakest. Is?’ (Acts 17:19). How good It is to rest the eye on the place where that man o f God to whom Christ spoke from Heaven— bore faithful witness to Him. If our ears were but open, who knows but that He might speak a message to us, also, and send us on our way rejoicing? This picture came to us recently from Athens, Greece, on a postal card which bore the following message: "Please remember us Armenian refugees In your prayers. Your son In Christ, John H. Adjemlan, Pastor, Armenian Refugees, P. O. Box 51, Athens, Greece. Pray for this man and for all others who are,seeking to'spread the Gospel y of the Son of God. —T.C.H.
rifices are being offered, and out of all the horror of so terrible an event the Gospel of the grace of God sounds forth anew. And now the conflict takes another form. A lonely man is singled out for communion and fellowship with the Lord Jehovah. His idolatrous sur roundings are left behind, and he comes forth the progenitor of a race whose mark is clearly recognized world wide today. For him the test ing time must needs come, the Lord must needs try His servant that he may be fit for the mighty work of faith that must yet be wrought, and so, in his old age, he wends his weary way with heavy heart towards Mount Moriah. The child of promise, the well-beloved son, is stretched upon that altar with divinely inspired sub missive grace, and father and son with marvellous faith inborn of the Spirit of God are prepared for the one great fact that should make the resurrec tion a glorious fact. Substitutionary Atonement once more .becomes the outstanding lesson, and Christ is magnified, and God is glorified, and man is saved. Space will not allow of further ex position of the various instances in which the Lord appeared to Abraham; the altars o f Jacob; and the typical lessons of the life of Joseph. We must needs pass on to the land of overshadowing wings where, out of sorrow, judgment, and woe a nation comes forth redeemed by the blood of
- by no means ended. He had com menced a campaign which will last throughout the ages until he shall he finally cast into the Lake of Fire. The mystery of Divine permission is re vealed, and while evil remains the tri umphs of the Lord continue, and will enhance the paeans of eternal praise. Again the storm clouds gather, and the conflict rages in the heart of Cain. Abel stands forth in all the manly courage of a regenerated faith, and claims the merits of atoning blood alone. His martyrdom m a r k s the commencement of that phase of the mighty conflict with the powers of darkness in which multitudes of the redeemed of the Lord have gladly laid down their lives in ‘maintenance of the great fundamental principle. “ By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he ob tained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh” (Hebrews 1 1 :4 ) . Generations Roll On and the world, seething in iniquity and wickedly rejecting the messengers of the Lord, falls beneath the terrible Judgment of the Flood, an event which has left its mark, world-wide, upon the surface of the earth, even to the pres ent time. Surely Satan has conquered here, yet out of the upheaval of mighty con tinents and ocean depths the Ark is seen bearing to safety the little house hold of faith, and soon the altar fires are blazing, the specially provided sac
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