Hosea 8:12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. What should be our attitude and action in relation to the Holy Volume? 1. We should accept the volume gratefully as the gift of God. It is the message of our Divine Father to us; designed to instruct us in all the multiform duties of life — to guide us in the intricacies of our pilgrimage — to solace us in the seasons of our sadness — to be a companion to us in our hours of loneliness. It is fully adapted to all the necessities of our nature, and to all the vicissitudes of our surroundings. Let us treat it as we treat no other volume. Let there be no cessation to our thankfulness to God for a treasure so precious, a comfort so profound, a guide so unerring, a weapon so unfailing, a light so transcendent. 2. Our duty is to circulate it. The Book of books should be placed in the hands of every man. It is addressed to all, intended for all, adapted to all, and should not be confined to any clime or any class. 3. We owe the duty to God and ourselves, to study the volume for our own consolation and guidance. (1) The Book should be approached prayerfully. (2) It should be searched intelligently. (3) It should be searched frequently.Did ever a nation, a family, or an individual regret adopting and following the inspired Book as their guide? Compare it with all the volumes in the public libraries of to-day. None originated in purer motives; none had a Diviner origin; none has had a more wonderful history; none has produced fruits of happiness and holiness so world wide; none has been so miraculously preserved; none is destined to a future so glorious. (J. Hiles Hitchens, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.WEB: I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded as a strange thing. |
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