_Thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations._ HEATHEN ABOMINATIONS AVOIDED One reason to shun the practices of idolatry springs from the nature of the evils themselves. 1. They are cruel. Children “pass through the fire.” “Cruelty is one of the highest scandals to piety,”... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ye shall henceforth return no more that way._ NEVER AGAIN Touching and sad is the last look of the emigrant leaving his old home and the white cliffs of his native land. Some partings have in them more than sorrow. Never again! is a mournful utterance. It has in it warning, admonition, and counse... [ Continue Reading ]
_He shall read therein._ HOW WE MAY READ THE SCRIPTURES WITH MOST SPIRITUAL PROFIT The Holy Scripture is, as Austin saith, a golden epistle sent to us from God. This is to be read diligently. “Ignorance” of Scripture is “the mother of” error, not “devotion.” “Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures”... [ Continue Reading ]