more complete, it may suggest also, in some cases, still further efforts towards the diffusion generally of that sound knowledge of the Bible which is so much to be desired. R. S. O. Glasgow, Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun."-ECCL. xi. 7. CREATED by God with the moon and stars, the sun is the source of light and heat to the earth: Gen. i. 16-18; Ps. xix. 4—6; lxxiv. 16; cxxxvi. 7, 8; Eccl. i. 4, 5. And as it was God who thus first placed it in the heavens, so a time is to come when He will remove it from thence: Luke xxi. 25; Joel ii. 30, 31; Acts ii. 16, 19, 20; 2 Pet. iii. 10-12. Already He has three times performed miracles on the sun, which are recorded in Holy Scripture. 1. When He caused it to stand still, to give some extra hours of daylight to the Jewish army: Josh. x. 12, 13. 2. When He made it turn back ten degrees as a sign to King Hezekiah: 2 Kings xx. 8-11. 3. When He caused it to withdraw its B |
