walkest."[1] "The mouth of the just," says David, "shall meditate wisdom, and his tongue shall speak judgment."[2] Throughout the one hundred and eighteenth Psalm how frequent is his prayer for this divine wisdom! "Blessed art Thou, O Lord teach me Thy justifications. Open Thou my eyes, and I will consider the wondrous things of Thy law. Give me understanding, and I will search Thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart."
Shall we not, therefore, appreciate the happiness and honor of possessing such a Master, from Whom we may learn sublime lessons of immortal wisdom? "If Apollonius," says St. Jerome, "traversed the greater part of the world to behold Hipparchus seated upon a golden throne in the midst of his disciples, and explaining to them the movements of the heavenly bodies, what should not men do to hear God, from the throne of their hearts, instructing them, not upon the motions of the heavenly bodies, but how they may advance to the heavenly kingdom?"
If you would appreciate the value of this doctrine, hear how it is extolled by the prophet in the psalm from which we have already quoted: "I have understood more than all my teachers, he exclaims, because Thy testimonies are my meditation. I have had understanding above ancients, because I have sought Thy commandments."[3] More expressive still are the words in which Isaias enumerates the blessings promised to God's servants: "The Lord will give
