Henry Law

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181.) The Guilty Clothed
      "The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them." Genesis 3:21 There is one God and one access to His smile. There is one heaven and one door to it. The Savior, who was to come, and the Savior, who is to come, is one Christ. The faith of Abel and of the Baptist looked to the same object. Noah did not preach one right ...read more

182.) The Healer
      "I am the Lord who heals you." Exodus 15:26 These words first cheered the heart of Moses. But they are the common heritage of the Church of God. This day they reach our ears. May they bring healing on their wings! Reader! in thought survey the porches of Bethesda's pool. Can earth present a sight of deeper woe? Malady makes every form it ...read more

183.) The Heavenly Bridegroom
      "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh." Genesis 2:23 Our Bible is a very Paradise of each sweet flower and each regaling fruit. But the believer sits down most gladly in those choice spots, which are thickly set with tokens of the Savior's tenderness. Surely happiness mounts up to heaven, when on Scripture's ground, and under ...read more

184.) The Holy Garments
      "You shall make Holy Garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty." Exodus 28:2 If ever eyes beheld an object in which splendor shone, it was the high-priest in his Holy Garments. God planned each part 'for glory and for beauty.' Hence every brilliant color sparkled. Hence richest jewels cast back dazzling rays. The rainbow's ...read more

185.) The Incense Altar
      "Make an altar of acacia wood for burning incense. It is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high-its horns of one piece with it. Overlay the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it." Exodus 30:1-3 He whose daily life is an upward flight to Christ has heaven on his way to he ...read more

186.) The Ladder
      "Jacob had a dream in which he saw a ladder resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it." Genesis 28:12 The voice which cannot err, denounces, "Be sure your sin will find you out." Thus, by eternal law, misery stalks in transgression's rear. Out of the Gospel-path, our fee ...read more

187.) The More Excellent Sacrifice
      "But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering." Genesis 4:4 A long course of years has fled since the earth drank in the blood of Abel. His was the earliest of all graves. But he is not silent in it. His faith has an ever-living voice. No time can stop its warning so ...read more

188.) The Name
      Then Moses said, "I beseech You, show me Your glory." And the Lord said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim My Name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." Exodus 33:18-19 Then the Lord came down in the cloud ...read more

189.) The Passover
      "It is the Lord's Passover." Exodus 12:11 These words send us back to the last night of Israel's bondage in the land of Egypt. The captives had suffered much and long. The iron furnace had been heated by unpitying hate and by unsparing hands. But God, in His high council, had decreed that a morn of deliverance should dawn. The appointed hour ...read more

190.) The Pillar
      "The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night." Exodus 13:21 The children of Israel are about to tread an unknown path. A desert is before them, wide and desolate and trackless. They have no chart to show the way. There are no friendly ...read more

191.) The Priest
      "Take unto you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto Me, in the Priest's office." Exodus 28:1 No pencil's art can represent the sun. No image can portray Christ's riches. He leaves all boundaries behind. But still His knowledge is the soul's choice food. It is the joy of joy ...read more

192.) The Rainbow in the Clouds
      "I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth." Genesis 9:13 In the rainbow there is a charm, of which every eye is conscious. It looks forth through the dark windows of the storm, and earth rejoices in the reviving visit. Its lovely hues proclaim that the gloom is past. It spans the clo ...read more

193.) The Red Sea
      "Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians." Exodus 14:30 Israel's infancy is in a cradle of miracles. The people struggle into being amid displays of more than human help. They prosper, and prevail, in the clear sunshine of God's interposing hand. He watches over them and blesses them, not in the obscure cloak of ...read more

194.) The Seed of the Woman
      "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel." Genesis 3:15 These are the first words of grace to a lost world. When were they spoken? By whom? To whom? When were these words spoken? Just after sin had come in, and innocence was gone, and man had ...read more

195.) The Serpent's Head Bruised
      "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel." Genesis 3:15 We look around us, and we see the world full of sin. We look within us, and we find hearts full of the same sad plague. It is a terrible fact-and we ask with a sigh, how did evil gain this ru ...read more

196.) The Shield
      "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield." Genesis 15:1 Abraham had heard the terrible clang of war. He had been in perils of fight. Thus he knew, that without the safeguard of a Shield, the warrior must go forth to overthrow and death. The sword was scarcely sheathed, when the Lord, remembering His mercy, visits His faithful servant. Season ...read more

197.) The Smitten Rock
      "I will meet you by the rock at Mount Sinai. Strike the rock, and water will come pouring out. Then the people will be able to drink." Moses did just as he was told; and as the leaders looked on, water gushed out. Exodus 17:6 It was a bitter trial when Marah's bitter spring mocked the parched lip. But sweet relief was near. The sweetened drau ...read more

198.) The Storehouses Opened
      "So with severe famine everywhere in the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians." Genesis 41:56 He has much to learn, who has not found a garland of delights in Joseph's story. The variety of incident, the rapidly changing scene, the crowded picture of man in every character and every circumstance, make it ...read more

199.) The Sweet Savor
      "The Lord smelled a sweet savor." Genesis 8:21 Reader! do not you desire that your soul may prosper at the throne of grace? Perhaps you reply, "Such blessedness is beyond all price. But how can one so low as a creature-so vile as a sinner, gain happy acceptance?" Blessed be God! there is a ready door. Draw near, leaning by faith on the arm o ...read more