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the command, will remove every obstruction out
of his path, and the thing to be done shall be
accomplished. (Exodus xiv, 23-31.) Why? Be¬
cause he never breaks a promise. No ! never !
But, if we consider this latter statement as a
prediction, then God will certainly fulfill his own
prophecy. With him the present, the past, and
the future are alike. Therefore, he knows what
can be, what may be, what will be, and what
must be as certainly as he knows what has been,
and what is now. A man may guess, but God
never does. The best man may lie, but God can
not. With the command he gives the power to
obey and to execute. With the promise or the
prediction goes the omnipotence to fulfill. We
are now prepared to consider the meaning and
the compass of this divine statement. And when
we remember that a child by direct or indirect
training may become " a fool, a devil, or an angel,"
the meaning and the compass of the divine com¬
mand can not be too carefully considered, and
too minutely analyzed.
What is its significance? It means that we
should teach a child how to feel, that he may al¬
ways feel aright; how to think, that he may
always think aright; that we should teach him
how to act, in order that he may always act in
the right direction; that we should teach him
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