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ot truth.(Jod, therefore, make* a very prominent use of oil throughout the Holy Won!. On the moat important occasion*, oil ia und to teach that the heart miiat he in the work; that goodness must l»e there: love of God, love of right, must he there, or all will foil. King* and priests, on inking their office. were therefore anointed, not only upon their head*, but also upon their clothing. And how appropriate and emphatic the instruction ! Oil i»»o soft and so smooth; It U so gentle in its How, and so soothing in its effect». I» i*. indeed, a moat striking symbolof love, kindness, goodnefli, gentleness, mercy.Oil upon the heads of kings and priwU teaches that their heads and their heart! thou Idhe one, or tlmt they should he both true and good. It denotes that all their wisdom and judgment, all their government und teaching, should he tempered with mercv,—ahuuld flow from love and good-will. Oil upon their garments denotes that this justice and mercy should characterise their whole deportment,— all their acts of life.Ilow important, then, with these views, would he the anointing ceremony! Ilow forcibly should we he struck with its beauty and its use, should the priest or governor, on being inducted into his oflice, solemnly and conscientiously receive the anointing; thus making a most sacred pledge to Clod and the world, that hr* would tench or govern the people in love and good-will, and would walk before them in od's love and the power ot hi• truth I Were this solemn responsibility felt by priests and rulers, what a change would soon come over nil our land ! Truth and love fVom Hod, in union, teaching and governing the pco-. ■ r • __ Jlation, through the symbolic Hook or mature : Rut the oil and the stone are the leading symbols: and the bringing of the oil and the stone together Is the secret of all the success. For oil in natural things is precisely like love in sidrituul: it is the first and highest essence.— This U the reason why oil is that substance In nature which denotes goodness, love, or life.— Oil is therefore that principle in nature into which life from the Lord first flows? and the oil then adapts that life to the other natural substance*. Where there Is no oil, there is no life. Take the essential oil from Nature, and vuii rob her of everything valuable. She lias then no beauty, no odor, no life: the rone, the orange, the wine, everything in nature, is If ft without a charm. So it is with a soul without goodness.The wine, then, Is hut the manifestation of its own oil or essence. When we enjoy the delicious juice and flavor of the grape, the delight is from the essential nil that 19 in it.— The rich Juice is but the cup which bears to us the riches of its bosom. Rut, without thejuice, we could not have the delight; without the wine, wo could uot have the oil. Thu flavor is from the union of the ail and the wine.So, without truth, we can have no goodness. Truth is the cup which hears It to our soul. Without the Hon of God, we cannot have the Father. The Son brings the Father to iih in his own bosom. To receive the Father, we must receive the Son; to receive the goodness, we must receive the truth; to receive the oil, we inusl receive the wine. Therefore the I.ord say*,“I am the vine, and my Father Is the htubatsdmanr or. “I ftra the truth, and my Father is the goodness/*liM.t ■ ... • I. , I. .f... .. , a.Ii ...i I. I
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Wilmington Delaware Inquirer
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Sat, Apr 07, 1860
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