10. For thou art great. It is only in the Divine
Being that either greatness or goodness exists absolutely, and essentially. To
be great and not good might lead to tyranny in the King, and for him to be good
and not great might involve countless calamities. And doest wondrous things.
Being good, he is said to be ready to forgive; being great, he works wonders;
we may blend the two, for there is no wonder so wonderful as the pardon of our
transgressions. Even the commonest daisy is a marvel, and a pebble enshrines
wisdom. Only to fools is anything which God has made uninteresting. Note that
the verb doest is in the present: the Lord is doing wondrous things,
they are transpiring before our eyes. Look upon the bursting buds of spring or the
maturing fruits of autumn, gaze on the sky or skim the sea, mark the results of
providence and the victories of grace. Thou art God alone. Our God is
not to be worshiped as one among many good and true beings, but as God alone;
his gospel is not to be preached as one of several saving systems, but as the
sole way of salvation.
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