_But Job answered and said._ THE TRANSCENDENT GREATNESS OF GOD I. God appears incomprehensibly great in that portion of the universe that is brought under human observation. 1. In connection with the world of disembodied spirits. “Dead things are formed from under the waters and the inhabitants t... [ Continue Reading ]
_And hangeth the earth upon nothing._ THE BASIS OF THE GREAT REALITIES That is the startling and sublime conception of the sacred poet, that the earth is sustained by impalpable and spiritual energies. But if you go to the mythology of the Hindoo, you find that the earth rests on the back of an ele... [ Continue Reading ]
_He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds._ WATER AND ITS WONDERFUL TRANSPORTATION BY CLOUDS The average quantity of aqueous vapour, or water held in the air, is estimated to be 54,460,000,000,000 tons. The annual amount of rainfall is estimated to be 186,240 cubic miles. If this rain were at a... [ Continue Reading ]
_He holdeth back the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it._ THE CLOUD UPON THE THRONE Aided by Divine revelation, the researches of man have done much and well in tracking out the footprints of Deity, in exploring His hidden works, and leading us through nature up to that God whose... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lo, these are parts of His ways._ THE VEIL PARTLY LIFTED The least understood Being in the universe is God. Blasphemous would be any attempt, by painting or sculpture, to represent Him. Egyptian hieroglyphs tried to suggest Him, by putting the figure of an eye upon a sword, implying that God sees... [ Continue Reading ]