...globe, why ought we not to be filled with an awe as reverential and as religious as though we had seen the pillar of cloud by day, and of fire by night, which led the children of Israel in their journey through the wilderness? SPIRITUAL WRECKS. rj^HERE are no...

...many symbol.' of His own glory. Its first display was God's presence granted to them in the guidance of the pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night. (Exodus, xiii. 21, 22.) Next in order stands the Ark of the Covenant, the great representativo of His...

...third, the daily provision of food, in the form of quails and manna; and fourth, the standing miracle of the pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night, to remind the people that the almighty power and fatherly love oC God were pledged for their protection...

...globe, why ought we not to bo filled with an awe as reverential and as religious as though we had seen the pillar of cloud by day, and of fire by night, which led the children of Israel in their journey through the wilderness ? SPIRITUAL WRECKS. \ ' rTlHERE...

...and showing that all these metamorphoses are only variations of the same idea. The Hebrew metaphor of the pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night, to express the idea of a divine leadership, points to the same natural objects— clouds and fire —...

...Philistines, and conferred valor and martial ability upon them, that there might have been no need of the pillar of cloud by day, and of fire by night ?" The same skeptical disposition may also lead to another inquiry of the same kind, respecting the...

...inhabitants. Perhaps the eyes of Abraham rested upon this obelisk when he went down into Egypt, the first traveller who visited the valley of the Nile ; and...weaves them into the web of history, or pours them, as it were, into the mould of common earthly objects and ordinary human experiences. The forms of the...

...j* the dividing of the Red Sea, opening a passage for the Israelites to escape from the Egyptians. The pillar of cloud by day, and of fire by night, which went before the children of Israel as they marched through the wilderness. Next there are the Miracles...

...the Israelites from the cloudy pillar. First, the pillar was not a rain-cloud. It was the Shekinah, the pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night, which sometimes stood above them, sometimes went before them, sometimes behind them, for their guidance and...

...of people for forty years in the desert, without food, drink, or' clothing, the constant attendance of the pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night, the constant fall of manna, the immense supply of quails, the stopping of the sun and moon for twelve...