Psalms 19:4-6. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
All this is emblematical of the spread of the gospel; so Paul tells us in the Epistle to the Romans: "Their souls went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world." Our Lord Jesus, up-springing from the couch whereon he slept awhile, has sent his light even to the ends of the earth.
"Nor shall his spreading gospel rest,
Till through the world his truth has run, -
Till Christ has all the nations blest,
That see the light, or feel the sun."
There are brighter days yet to come to us. The strength of Christ, as he daily runs the gospel race, has not diminished, indeed, he puts it out yet more and more, and the day shall come when, as the full sunlight makes the perfect day, so shall the full revelation of the gospel to the eyes of all men fill the whole earth with the praises of God. Now let us read concerning the Book of God. We have read about his works, now let us read about his words.
Psalms 19:4-6. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
All this is emblematical of the spread of the gospel; so Paul tells us in the Epistle to the Romans: "Their souls went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world." Our Lord Jesus, up-springing from the couch whereon he slept awhile, has sent his light even to the ends of the earth.
"Nor shall his spreading gospel rest,
Till through the world his truth has run, -
Till Christ has all the nations blest,
That see the light, or feel the sun."
There are brighter days yet to come to us. The strength of Christ, as he daily runs the gospel race, has not diminished, indeed, he puts it out yet more and more, and the day shall come when, as the full sunlight makes the perfect day, so shall the full revelation of the gospel to the eyes of all men fill the whole earth with the praises of God. Now let us read concerning the Book of God. We have read about his works, now let us read about his words.