—Consider the deep religious
sentiments of the Scottish people. Our religious sentiments
are the true abodes of Majesty—the seat of legitimate authority
and supreme power—God is the Lord, He is Ruler over
the Nations. He alone is to be feared and held in reverence by all his creatures. A deep reverential acknowledgment of a divine Superintending
Power, is the fundamental principle of the British
Constitution. And it implies a sacred respect for the worship
of God, and dutiful obedience to all lawfully constituted
authorities, in the legitimate exercise of their functions, as
the vicegerents of heaven. u Let every soul be subject to the higher powers—for there is no power but of God—for the powers that be, are ordained of God." " Whosoever therefore
resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God" is the absolute law of the Almighty.Rev Dr Matheson
"Heaven is my throne...Isaiah 63"
GOD'S REJECTION OF ALL MATERIAL TEMPLES. There was a time when it could be said that there was a house of God on earth. That was a time of symbols, when as yet the Church of God was in her childhood. She was being taught her A B C, reading her picture-book, for she could not as yet read the Word of God, as it were in letters. She had need to have pictures put before her, patterns of the heavenly things. Even then, the enlightened amongst the Jews knew well that God did not dwell between curtains, and that it was not possible that He could be encompassed in the most holy place within the veil It was only a symbol of His presence. But the time of symbols is now passed altogether. In that moment when the Saviour bowed His head, and said "It is finished! " the veil of the temple was rent in twain, so that the mysteries were laid open. So, one reason why God saith He dwelleth not in temples made with hands, is, because He would have us know that the symbolical worship is ended...
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