Twenty-eighth Day. Of the presence of God

I. " Walk before me, and he thou perfect." Genesis xn. i. They are the words of God to Abraham, instructing us, that to live in the presence of God is the way to perfection. We never depart from that way, but by losing sight of God, and forgetting our dependence upon him. God is the light by which we see, and the end at which we should aim. In all the business and events ©f life, we should consider only the order of his providence, and we shall maintain a sense of his presence, iu the midst of our avocations, as long as we have no other intention in performing them, but purely that of obeying him.

II. ' I will lift up mine eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help." Psalm cxxi. 1. Looking only to our feet, will not be sufficient to deliver us from the many snares that surround us; the danger, indeed, is below, but the deliverance can come only from above; thither must we lift up our eyes to him, from whom our help cometh. Our enemies encompass us incessantly; nor are we in less danger from within, by reason of our infirmity: we have no hope but in Jesus Christ, who has overcome the world for himself and for us: his omnipotence will support our infirmities.

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