‘Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the          law of Christ. . . . 5. For every man shall bear his          own burden.’–GAL. vi. 25.The injunction in the former of these verses appears, at first sight, tobe inconsistent with the statement in the latter. But Paul has a way ofsetting side by side two superficially contradictory…

    ‘Thou shalt set upon the table shew-bread before Me    alway.’–EXODUS xxv. 30.I suspect that to many readers the term ‘shew-bread’ conveys littlemore meaning than if the Hebrew words had been lifted over into ourversion. The original expression, literally rendered, is ‘bread of theface’; or, as the Revised Version has it in the margin, ‘presencebread,’ and the…

    ‘Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain    bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out    and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove    them, whether they will walk in My law, or no. 5. And    it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall    prepare that which they…

    ‘… Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone    while he talked with Him.’–EXODUS xxxiv. 29.    ‘… And Samson wist not that the Lord had departed    from him.’–JUDGES xvi. 20.The recurrence of the same phrase in two such opposite connections isvery striking. Moses, fresh from the mountain of vision, where he hadgazed on as much of…

    ‘And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward    Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the    way. And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that    thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely become    a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the    earth shall be blessed in him! For…

    ‘He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of    Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of    the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold    there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they    cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against    me.’–NUM. xxii. 6.Give a general outline of the…

    ‘And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a    man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling    in tents. And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of    his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. And Jacob sod    pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:    And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me,…

          ‘Wherefore also God highly exalted Him and gave          unto Him the name which is above every name; 10.          That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow,          of things in heaven, and things on earth, and          things under the earth; 11. And that every tongue          should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the          glory of God the Father.’–PHIL. ii.…

    ‘And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to    wife a daughter of Levi. 2. And the woman conceived, and    bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly    child, she hid him three months. 3. And when she could    not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of…

    ‘Thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon.’    –EXODUS xxx. 1.Ceremonies are embodied thoughts. Religious ceremonies are moulded by,and seek to express, the worshipper’s conception of his God, and hisown relation to Him; his aspirations and his need. Of late yearsscholars have been busy studying the religions of the more backwardraces, and explaining rude and…