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GENESIS
appear to converge; but they do not actually do so. Look
at what we call the horizon and it seems that the earth and
sky meet, but they do not actual1
berry turns out to be bitter and
apparently moves is in reality at r
be stationary is in perpetual moti
the sun, which appears to be mo
experience here is but a correction?
modification or reversal of the judgment of the senses.
Our natural anticipations deceive us. Every hitman life
starts out bright with hopes that will never be realized.
These hopes may be different in nature: finer spirits may
look on life as an arena for good =deeds, while the more
selfish regard it as a place only for personal enjoyment;
but the results are usually the same. Regardless of the
nature of these hopes, the majority will fail of fruition.
It would seem almost a satire on life to compare the youth
in the outset of his career, flushed and sanguine, with the
aspect of the same man when he is nearly done, worn,
sobered, covered with the dust of life, confessing that its
days have been few and evil. Where is the land flowing
with milk and honey? Not on this earth. With our
affections it is even worse. Man’s affections are but taber-
nacles of Canaan, the tents of a nighttime, never the same,
always changing. Where are the charms of character, the
perfection and purity and truthfulness which seemed so
resplendent in our friend? Association has rendered them
sordid. They were only our conceptions and they proved
false; hence we outgrow friendships. Life as we live it
here is an unenjoyable Canaan with nothing real or sub-
stantial about it. Our expectations, resting m divine reve-
lation, deceive us. For example, the attitude of the church
with respect to the second coming of Christ. The apostles
expected Him to return while they were yet here, and the
early churches were vitalized by this hope of seeing the
great and notable day of the Lord. John, in penning the
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