4. In his hand are the deep places of the earth. He is the God of the valleys and the hills, the caverns, and the peaks.
Far down where miners sink their shafts, deeper yet where lie the secret oceans
by which springs are fed, and deepest of all in the unknown abyss where the
huge central fires of earth rage, there Jehovah’s power is felt, and all things
are under the dominion of his hand. When Israel drank of the crystal fount
which welled up from the great deep, below the smitten rock, the people knew
that in the Lord’s hands were the deep places of the earth. The strength of the hills is his also. When Sinai was issuing smoke the tribes learned that
Jehovah was God of the hills as well as of the valleys. Everywhere and at all
times is this true. Strength is the main thought which strikes the mind when
gazing on those vast ramparts of cliff which front the raging sea, or peer into
the azure sky, piercing the clouds, but it is to the devout mind the strength
of God; hints of Omnipotence are given by those stern rocks which brave the
fury of the elements, and like walls of brass defy the assaults of nature in
her wildest rage.
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