S U N D A Y S N I P P E T S # 2 7 3 0 A p r i l 9 5 on God's Holiness ----------------- by Edward Reynolds "God had revealed His holiness to Israel; and He wished them to consider it the `beauty' of His nature. If we take a portrait of a man, we try to represent his face, not his hand, nor his back, nor his foot; we try to delineate his beauty, to refresh our minds with that which is most memorable and distinguishing in his exter- ior semblance; so while the hand and finger of God [Ex. 31:18] denote His power and skill, and His throne [Ps. 45:6] is is used for majesty and dominion, He considers His holiness as the true lustre of His character, as that by which He will be best known." from `The Golden Treasury of Puritan Quotations', 1975 by Moody Press. I.D.E. Thomas, compiler. Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give thanks at the rememberance of His holiness. - Psalm 97:12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Sunday Snippets" is the trademark of G. MacKenzie Strickland. May be freely redistributed - Please forward to a friend. Sunday Snippets are posted weekly on Newsgroups like Soc.Religion.Christian and this one. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------