Homilist Exodus 34:29-35 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand… 1. Man has an instinct for glory. 2. Man has sadly perverted this instinct. 3. The Bible rightly directs it. I. THE TRUE GLORY OF MAN INVOLVES FELLOWSHIP WITH THE ETERNAL. The human character is formed on the principle of imitation. To get a perfect character implies — 1. The existence of a perfect model. 2. The love of a perfect model. 3. The knowledge of a perfect model. II. THE TRUE GLORY OF MAN HAS AN EXTERNAL MANIFESTATION. 1. True glory will show itself-in the "face" of our person. 2. Language. 3. Life. III. TRUE GLORY IS NEVER SELF-CONSCIOUS. "Moses wist not." There are several things that necessitate self-obliviousness in a truly great soul. 1. His standard of judgment. 2. His circle of life. He who stands before God feels his nothingness. 3. His spirit of life. Love is a passion that drowns the lover in the loved. "I live, yet not!." IV. TRUE GLORY WILL COMMAND THE REVERENCE OF SOCIETY. 1. The law of conscience will ensure universal respect for it. 2. The law of guilt will ensure trembling homage for it. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. |
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