Homilist Psalm 119:18 Open you my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. The Bible contains "Wondrous things." Wonderful in their nature, wonderful in their number, and wonderful in their influence. As containing the wonderful — I. IT AGREES WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE HUMAN MIND. 1. Man has a craving for the wonderful. 2. Man has a need for the wonderful to excite his faculties, to stimulate his inquiries, to challenge his powers. II. IT ACCORDS WITH THE CHARACTER OF NATURE. All nature is crowded with the wonderful. We need not take the microscope to search the myriad worlds invisible to the naked eye, or the telescope innumerable worlds and systems rolling through infinite space to discover the wonderful. The wonderful comes under our eye, sounds in our ear, and beats in our pulse every moment. If the Bible did not contain the wonderful it would not be in harmony with nature, not in harmony with the works of God, either in this planet or in any parts of immensity. III. IT REPROVES THE DOGMATISM OF RELIGIONISTS. "(Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.WEB: Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law. |
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