Homilist Amos 5:8 Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night… The Tekoan herdsman had often seen daybreak. 1. How mightily, 2. How silently, 3. How mysteriously, 4. How mercifully God brought in the brightness of day after the gloom of night.Is not this an illustration of what God is always doing? I. He turneth WINTER to SPRING. How, when the wild flowers perfume the glen, and the foliage buds in the hedgerows, and birds carol under brightening skies, the shadow of death, that winter so often seems to be, is turned into morning. II. He turneth ADVERSITY into PROSPERITY. Thus was it with Job. Thus need it be with many in this season of commercial depression. III. He turneth SICKNESS to HEALTH. As with Hezekiah, "He healeth our diseases." IV. He turneth DEATH to IMMORTALITY. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: |
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