Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1897.] THE Evr.Rr.ARTING Con:NANT. 825
hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
And they 11hall teach no more every man his neighbor, and
every man hiM brother, Raying, Know the Lord: for they shall
all know me, from· the least of them unto the greate11t of them,
Raith theLord: for I will forgive their iniquity ,ancl I will remem.
her their 11in no more. Thus saith the Lord. which giveth the
sun fm· a light hy day, and the ot·dinances of the moon ancl of
the starK for 11. light by night, which divideth the 11ea when the
waves. thereof roar; Yahveh of power ancl judgment i11 my
name: If tho~~e ordinanceA depart f1·om ~fore me, saith the
Lord, then tile seed of Israel also 11hall n
upon tahle11 uf stone and put where none may see it on pain of
death. hut that the 11pirit of it will he written in the hearta of
the peopie,-the hea•·t, the seat of love, deait•e, and emotion,­
IIO that thf!y will love God'11 law, nnd will keep it because it ill
a part of their very nRture to do ao; tbert~fore they will not
braak tbiR covenant a11 they clid whf!n it wall written on tahle11
of •tone, they will not any more pollute his holy name by di&·
ohedienoe. In our next i1111tte we will inquire more fully into
what it i11 to hallow hi11 nama, and bow .Jesus waa inde~d "the
messenge;· of the covenant." We will al110 endeavo1· to &bow
t'1at thiK covenant is the very fouuclation, and 1 -shall wa not
•ay?-drcumference. of the Chl'iRtian religion.
(To iHI eoatiuued.)
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