Remember, I say, who you are--even the sons of God; and
remember where you are--for ever upon sacred ground; and listen with
joy and hope to the voice of the Heavenly Wisdom, as she calls--
'Whoso is simple, let him come in hither; and him that wanteth
understanding, let him come and eat of my bread, and drink of the
wine that I have mingled.'
Listen with joy and hope: and yet with fear and trembling, as of
Moses when he hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God. For
the voice of Wisdom is none other than the voice of The Spirit of
God, in whom you live, and move, and have your being.
SERMON III.--PRAYER AND SCIENCE
(Preached at St. Olave's Church, Hart Street, before the Honourable
Corporation of the Trinity House, 1866.)
PSALM cvii. 23, 24, 28.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great
waters; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them
out of their distresses.
These are days in which there is much dispute about religion and
science--how far they agree with each other; whether they contradict
or interfere with each other. Especially there is dispute about
Providence. Men say, and truly, that the more we look into the
world, the more we find everything governed by fixed and regular
laws; that man is bound to find out those laws, and save himself from
danger by science and experience.
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