" He could stand his scolding wife, but he could not
stand them. The fourth head takes the form of the Mediator, and in the
fifth head God speaks at last. He heard him before by the ear, but he
hears Him now by the soul, and he fell down flat upon his face. A good
many men in Chicago are like Job. They think they are mighty good men,
but the moment they hear the voice of God they know they are sinners,
they are in the dust. There isn't much talk about their goodness then.
Here he was with his face down. Job learned his lesson. That was the
sixth head, and in these heads were the burdens of Adam's sin. The
seventh head was when God showed him His face. Well, I learned the key
to the Bible. I cannot tell how this helped me. I told it to another
man, and he asked me if I ever thought how he got his property back and
his sheep back. He gave Job double what he had and gave him ten children
besides, so that he should have ten in heaven besides his ten on earth.
[Illustration: Jesus Blessing Children; GUSTAVE DORE. Mark, x, 13-16]
One Book at a time.
I have found it a good plan to take up one book at a time. It is a good
deal better to study one book at a time than to run through the Bible.
If we study one book and get its key, it will, perhaps, open up others.
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