...Eock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth,...springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain." From this passage it will be seen that the " children of light " mean the just, and the "children of...

...18; Col. iii. 10, 11.) It is, in a word, the celestial morning—-"a morning when the sun riseth—a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain." (2 Sam. xxiii. 4.) Well, then, has the Temple of Solomon been designated by the great Hebrew sage Aberbanel,...

...Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,...springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 5 Although my house be not so with God ; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered...

...Samuel : (xxiii. 3.J " He tliat ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God: and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth...springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain." This is one of the most regular and formal comparisons in the sacred books. Allegory, likewise, is...

...it much more immediately refers to Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth...springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. These words were put into David's mouth, inasmuch as it was the character of himself. But, while David...

...incarnation, the merit of his blood, power, and resurrection, shall shine without obscurity, darkness, or clouds. "As the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain."] — So shall the glory of Christ's kingdom spring forth, lively, green, fertile, and pleasant to behold,...

...called, sons of the Most High. All civil rulers, if they are as they ought to be, such strong rods as have been described, will be like the Son of the...which public societies are exposed to in this evil world, from which they can have no defence without order and authority. If a people are without government,...

...just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riscth ; even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass...springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain." This is one of the most regular and formal comparisons in the sacred books. Allegory, likewise, is...

...Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God : and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,...springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 2 Sam. xxiii. 2 — 4. To possess this beneficent influence ; like this glorious luminary, to diffuse...

...is the following ; " He that rulelh over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of God; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth...springing out of the earth by clear shining, after rain."' "'^Allegory is likewise frequency employed in the sacred books ; \and a fine instance of this occurs...