. The training of the Chosen people. the history coveredby this period; Many times did he deliver them;But they were rebellious in their counsel,And were brought low in their he regarded their distress,When he heard their cry:And he remembered for them his covenant,And repented according to the multitude ofhis lovingkindnesses. Israels confidence in the mercy of Jehovah was notan inference from an abstract definition of God; itsprang from a knowledge of her own history. Theglorious outburst, which still thrills our souls, was theoutcome of a vital experience: He made know
. The training of the Chosen people. the history coveredby this period; Many times did he deliver them;But they were rebellious in their counsel,And were brought low in their he regarded their distress,When he heard their cry:And he remembered for them his covenant,And repented according to the multitude ofhis lovingkindnesses. Israels confidence in the mercy of Jehovah was notan inference from an abstract definition of God; itsprang from a knowledge of her own history. Theglorious outburst, which still thrills our souls, was theoutcome of a vital experience: He made known his ways unto Moses,His doings unto the children of is merciful and gracious,. Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, He hath not dealt with us after our sins,Nor rewarded us after our iniquities. Ps. 103:7,8, 10. And we cannot miss seeing in these records thatJehovah works out the deliverances of Israel througha chosen individual. Othniel saves Israel from thecaptivity of Mesopotamia (Jud. 3: 9) ; Ehud from. Gideons Fountain. that of Moab (Jud. 3: 15); Deborah and Barakfrom that of Canaan (Jud. chs. 4, 5) ; Gideonfrom that of Midian (Jud. chs. 6-8), and Jephthah 60 Old Testament History from that of Ammon (Jud. ch. n). As the writersays: When the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah,Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel(Jud. 3:9). The supreme gift of God to men is agreat personality. The forces resident in one humansoul may change the entire outlook of a nation, andcontradict the shrewdest forecasts. The providential character of these deliverers is notweakened by the account of some of their deeds ofwhich we cannot approve. We are not called uponto apologize for or to defend the duplicity of Ehud;the treachery of Jael; the cruelties of Gideon, or themisguided fidelity of Jephthah. They lived in times ofrelative moral darkness. We do well if we are as trueto the light we have as they were to the light theyhad. With superb insight the w
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