Homilist Exodus 17:9 And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek… The words (Exodus 4:17) lead us to contemplate man as a servant of God — a servant to promote the true progress of the race. They suggest four things which God requires man to do in this grand service. I. TO USE THE INSTRUMENT MOST AT HIS COMMAND, II. TO TURN OLD THINGS TO NEW USES. III. TO AIM AT MIGHTY ENDS BY APPARENTLY INSIGNIFICANT MEANS. IV. TO FOLLOW GOD'S WILL, RATHER THAN THE DICTATES OF OUR OWN WISDOM. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. |
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