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Worm Jacob,
THRESHING THE MOUNTAIN
A
SERMON,
ON
Isaiah xli. 14, 15.
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men ⟨of⟩ Israel: I will help thee, saith the Lord and thy Redeemer, the holy One of Israel.
Behold! I wilt make thee a new sharp threshing instrument, having teeth: Thou ⟨shall⟩ thresh the mountains, and beat them small and shalt make the hills as chaff.
RELIGION is a mystery, and the truly religious are a mystery too. They are ⟨a⟩ mystery to the world, John iii. I. "The world knoweth us not. Ver. 2. But (to themselves) it doth not yet appear what we shall be." That is a matter not of fight and feeling, but faith. There are many odd connections, and which people would think contradictions and impossibilities in the character. See ⟨any⟩ cluster of them, 2 Cor. vi. 10. As unknown, and yet well known; as dying and, behold! ⟨as⟩ we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor,
