. The unchanging Christ. XXV. Zbe Supreme 2)e0ire of tbe S)evout SouL Teach me to do Thy will; for Thou art my God: Thy spirit is good;lead me into the land of uprightness. *—Ps. cxliii. lo. HESE two clauses mean substantiallythe same thing. The Psalmistslongings are expressed in the first ofthem in plain words, and in thesecond in a figure. **To do Godswill is to be in the land of uprightness. Thatphrase, in its literal application, means a stretchof level country, and hence is naturally em-ployed as an emblem of a moral or religiouscondition. A life of obedience to the will of Godis likened
. The unchanging Christ. XXV. Zbe Supreme 2)e0ire of tbe S)evout SouL Teach me to do Thy will; for Thou art my God: Thy spirit is good;lead me into the land of uprightness. *—Ps. cxliii. lo. HESE two clauses mean substantiallythe same thing. The Psalmistslongings are expressed in the first ofthem in plain words, and in thesecond in a figure. **To do Godswill is to be in the land of uprightness. Thatphrase, in its literal application, means a stretchof level country, and hence is naturally em-ployed as an emblem of a moral or religiouscondition. A life of obedience to the will of Godis likened to some far-stretching plain, easy totraverse, broken by no barren mountains or frown-ing cliffs, but basking, peaceful and fruitful,beneath the :5mile of God. Into such a garden ofthe Lord the Psalmist prays to be led. In each case his prayer is based upon a motiveor plea. ^Thou art my God/ His faith appre-hends a personal bond between him and God, and 2:2 THE SUPREME DESIRE OF THE DEVOUT SOUL. feels that that bond ob
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