THE WORD AND THE WORKS.
By Augusta W. Heald
THE teachings of Christ abound in lessons drawn from the common objects of nature. So also do the writings of David, the shepherd king, and the ancient prophets. May we not so connect the “Word and works” that we shall constantly, and without effort, find ourselves looking “through nature, up to nature’s God”? The tree growing by the riverside, ever fresh with verdure, may remind us of the godly man, whose “delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.” Ps. 1:2, 3. The giant boulders scattered over the earth’s surface speak to us of God’s protecting care. “And a Man [Christ] shall be as an hiding-place from the wind, . . . as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” Isa. 32:2. The flowing river is a symbol of the blessed river of life, “the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.” Ps. 46:4. The glorious sun, with its life-giving influences, declares the glory of God, and of Christ, the Sun of righteousness, while the fleecy, bright cloud so beautifully points us to that blessed day, which we believe is not far distant, when our Lord “cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him.” Rev. 1:7. Truly, it is our privilege so to take heed, that the familiar objects of nature may ever suggest to us some passage from the blessed Word.