Article August 1, 1903 Issue

The Law

JULIA M. C. TOMLISON.

The law of the Lord is the theme of Psalm 119, which has been pronounced the most precious of all the Psalms in its glorious expression of love for that law. The eighteenth verse is of special significance: "Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law." What is this law?

God is the acknowledged law-giver. Moses, whose history is full of pathos, meekness, and might, was chosen of God to deliver Israel from Egyptian bondage and become the great Jewish law-giver. He had been educated as an Egyptian in the priests' college at Heliopolis, and must have been familiar with Greek, Chaldean, and Assyrian literature, as well as Egyptian; he was a favorite at court and might have become the adopted son of Pharaoh, had he not been the champion of his own people and their faith. He chose "rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season."

Moses enjoyed the divine communion, but he soon made it manifest that he had not yet come under the dominion of law, for he doubted and was hesitant, and Aaron was then chosen to share his rejected honors and opportunities.

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