But he who hardens his heart: he who says proudly, 'We are they that
ought to speak; who is Lord over us?'--he who says carelessly, 'Soul,
take thine ease; thou hast much goods laid up for many years'--he who
halts between two opinions, and believes to the last that he can
serve both God and mammon--he, especially, who fancies that
falsehood, injustice, covetousness, and neglect of his fellow-men,
can properly be his interest, or help his interest in any wise--of
all such it is written, 'On whomsoever that Rock'--even the eternal
laws of Christ the Judge--'On whomsoever that Rock shall fall, it
shall grind him to powder.'
SERMON VII.--THE NAME OF GOD
ISAIAH l. 10.
Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his
servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? Let him trust
in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
To some persons it may seem strange advice to tell them, that in the
hour of darkness, doubt, and sorrow, they will find no comfort like
that of meditating on the Name of the Ever-blessed Trinity. Yet
there is not a prophet or psalmist of the Old Testament who does not
speak of 'The Name of the Lord,' as a kind of talisman against all
the troubles which can befall the spirit of man. And we, as
Christians, know, or ought to know, far more of God than did even
prophets or psalmists.
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