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Which looks likest the handiwork of the God of nature, who "hath laid the measures of the earth," and "hath stretched the line upon it,"[q] but not the less with an ever varying adaptation to time and place? WHICH LOOKS LIKEST THE HANDIWORK OF THE GOD OF NATURE WHO HATH LAID THE MEASURES OF THE EARTH AND HATH STRETCHED THE LINE UPON IT BUT NOT THE LESS WITH AN EVER WEARYING ADAPTATION TO TIME AND PLACE
tion and peace in these the grand and distinctive truths of the Christian faith, it may be allowed to mourn over the lands in which the light of the Gospel has been quenched, and these blessings blotted out, by the material forces of Islam; where, together with civilization and liberty, Christianity has given place to gross darkness, and it is as if now "there were no more sacrifice for sins." We may, and we do, look forward with earnest expectation to the day when knowledge of salvation shall be given to these nations "by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the Dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."[p] [Sidenote: Contrast between divine and human work.] But even apart from these, the special blessings of Christianity, I ask, which now of the two faiths bears, in its birth and growth, the mark of a divine hand and which the human stamp? ND THEY KNOW NOTHING OF THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION TO THOSE WHO HAVE FOUND REDEMPTION AND PEACE IN THESE THE GRAND AND DISTINCT TRUTHS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IT MAY BE ALLOWED TO MOURN OVER THE LANDS IN WHICH THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL HAS BEEN QUENCHED AND THESE BLESSINGS BLOTTED OUT BY THE MATERIAL FORCES OF HIS LAMP WEAR TOGETHER WITH CIVILIZATION AND LIBERTY CHRISTIANITY HAS GIVEN PLACE TO GROSS DARKNESS AND IT IS AS IF NOW THERE WERE NO MORE SACRIFICE FOR SINS WE MAY AN WE DO LOOK FORWARD THE EARNEST EXPECTATION TO THE DAY WHEN KNOWLEDGE OF SALVATION SHALL BE GIVEN TO THESE NATIONS BY THE REMISSION OF THEIR SINS THROUGH THE TENDER MERCY OF OUR GOD WHEREBY THE DAYSPRING FROM ON HIGH HATH VISITED US TO GIVE LIGHT TO THEM THAT SIT IN DARKNESS AND IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH TO GUIDE OUR FEET INTO THE WAY OF PEACE BUT EVEN APART FROM THESE THE SPECIAL BLESSINGS OF CHRISTIANITY I ASK WHICH NOW OF THE TWO FATES BEARS IN ITS BIRTH AND GROWTH THE MARK OF A DIVINE HAND AND WHICH THE HUMAN STAMP
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