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done,saiththeLord." Jer. 31 :37. Ah,mysoul,that

Wordmustbesure! "SaiththeLord"comes asthe

introduction, and "saith the Lord" follows as the

close. "ThussaiththeLord;Ifheavenabovecanbe

measured, ... IwillalsocastoffalltheseedofIsrael

forall thattheyhave done, saiththeLord." "Saith

theLord"and"saiththeLord"—surelythismustbe

true

!

AndwhatisitthattheLordsays?—Hesaysthat

ifheavenabovecanbemeasured,—notifyouorsome-

bodyelsecanmeasureit,butifitcanbemeasured,no

matter how,—He will give Israel up, and thereby

acknowledgethatHehasfailed. Ifeven Hisworks

canbemeasuredbyHiscreatures,then Heacknowl-

edgesthatHewill nolongerappear beforethem as

God. ItwillgoonrecordthatGodhasfailed. But

blessedbeHisname,Hecannotfail. He"neverfail-

eth." I Cor. 13:8. ''Heshall notfail norbe dis-

couraged." Isa. (^42) :4. "ThussaithGodtheLord,He
thatcreatedtheheavens,andstretchedthemout; ...
ItheLordhavecalledtheeinrighteousness,andwill
hold thine hand, and zvillkeep thee. ...I am the
Lord:thatisMyname:andMyglorywillInotgive
toanother.'' Isa. (^42) :5-8. Israelwillnotbecastoff,
andthereforetheheavenscannotbemeasured. One
isassureastheother,andeachisassureas Godis
true.
Spaceisimmeasurable,andGodhastakenthisfact
astheeverlastingfoundationofoneofHispromises.
Thus doesHelinkHisWord andHisworks. And
whenyouthinkoftheawful infinitudeofspace,will