...superior claims, and duly fill him with a sense of that high tenantry he holds from Him, who has'declared, "Every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills." It also appears that even the best and most considerate of this class have a false opinion established...

...continually before me. 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. 10 For . 12 When ye come f to appear before me, who hath required this at your 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are f mine. 12 If I were...

...claims, and duly fill him with a sense of that high tenantry he holds from Him, who has declared, " Every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills." It also appears that even the best and most considerate of this class have a false opinion established...

...that that mode of worship must be highly absurd. The same idea occurs in Psa. 1. 10 — 12:— For every beast of the forest Is mine ; And the cattle...upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountain ; And the wild beasts of the h'eld are mine. Jf I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For...

...and admiration are inexhaustible. The Psalmist has represented the Almighty as saying, "Every beoct of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all he fowls of the mountains, and the . wild beasts of the field are mine." Let us imitate the devout...

...Creation, too, gives the highest claim; and hence he is the absolute Proprietor of all. He who says, " Every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills," has the same property in the humble and the exalted — from the smallest atom to the loftiest archangel....

...observances. But, " I will take no bullock out of thine house," he says, " nor he-goat out of thy folds ; for every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills : offer unto God thanksgiving." ' ' Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me : and to him that ordcreth...

...the father, so also the soul of the son is mine : " " The silver is mine, and the gold is mine : " "Every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills:" yea, "Ml the earth is mine." Hence, although he has committed these possessions to each one, while...

...floods. Ha». 2: 8 — The silver is mine and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of Hosts. Ps. 30 : 10— Every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thonI hills. II. If property is placed in my hands by the providence of God, is it not then my otcn....

...indeed, all things belong to God ; for 'the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.' He says, him on earth? Does he represent yon before God? And should not you, in yo And again, 'the Lord hath made all things for himself, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.' Still,...