19. The appointed rule of the great lights is now the theme for praise. The
moon is mentioned first, because in the Jewish day the night leads the way. He appointed the moon for seasons. By the waxing and waning of the moon the
year is divided into months, and weeks, and by this means the exact dates of
the holy days were arranged. Thus the lamp of night is made to be of service to
mankind, and in fixing the period of religious assemblies (as it did among the
Jews) it enters into connection with his noblest being. Never let us regard the
moon’s motions as the inevitable result of inanimate impersonal law, but as the
appointment of our God. The sun knoweth his going down. In finely poetic
imagery the sun is represented as knowing when to retire from sight, and sink
below the horizon.
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