cloud, before it acts as His remembrancer. Therefore, He had
remembered before it appeared. The truth, conveyed in the childlike
language, is that God has His covenant ever before Him, and that He
responds to and honours the appeal made to Him, by that which He has
Himself appointed for a sign to men. The expectant eyes of the
trustful man and the eye of God meet, as it were, in looking on the
sign. On earth it nourishes faith; in heaven it moves to love and
blessing. God can be reminded of what He always remembers. The
rainbow reminds Him of His covenant by its calm light. Jesus Christ
reminds Him of His grace by His intercession before the throne. We
remind Him of His plighted faithfulness by our prayers. 'Ye that are
the Lord's remembrancers, keep not silence.'




AN EXAMPLE OF FAITH


'Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's
house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will
make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and
make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And
I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that
curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth
be blessed. So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken
unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy
and five years old when he departed out of Haran. And
Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son,