_THE GUIDING ANGEL_ ‘I will send an Angel before thee.’ Exodus 33:2 I. THE ANGEL’S PRESENCE REFERS TO CHRIST, the same who is elsewhere called the ‘Angel of the covenant.’ II. THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN CHRIST SHOWED ITSELF IN THE DESERT BY THE PILLAR AND CLOUD in which it tabernacled, and also by... [ Continue Reading ]
_A NEW YEAR’S PROMISE_ ‘My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.’ Exodus 33:14 To-day we stand at the parting of the ways, the old year behind us, the new year before us. I. THE CALL TO SERVICE.—To-day there is a call to consecrate again ourselves and our time to the service of... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE DIVINE GLORY_ ‘Shew me Thy glory.’ Exodus 33:18 It was a fine aspiration, worthy of the man who uttered it and the occasion on which he spoke. It was the reaching out of a darker dispensation after Gospel light, the reflections wishing to lose themselves in the great original. It was earth l... [ Continue Reading ]