...I cannot find him, I cannot see him, — I cannot behold his glory. So the church also complains, " Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour," Isa. xlv. 15 ; and the Psalmist, " How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?" Ps. 1yy*JY. 46....

...unto man, is illustrated with exceeding sublimity in the following passage from Isaiah (xlv. 15.) : " Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour ! " Observe the combination here, of God in concealment ("hidest Thyself") and of God in manifestation...

...21, M. U Isa. xliv. 6. thy SAYIOUB."* " I, even I am JEHOVAH, and beside me there is no SAVIOUR. "t " Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself. O God of Israel, the SAVIOUR."J The God of Israel is here called a God that hideth himself, in reference to his veiling...

...* Surely God it in thee; » and there it none else,' there is no §°"' [Practical OtiervaOmu.] 15 Verily thou art ' a God that hidest thyself, • O God of Israel, the Savior. 16 They shall be b ashamed, and also confounded, all of diem: they shall go to confusion together...

...and darkness are round about him." His glory is, in a great measure, concealed from mortal eyes. " Verily, thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel." Millions of our mortal race die in infancy and childhood, millions in pagan darkness; and, hitherto,...

...as to most of us a great many chapters, and the "Apocalypse" especially, were utterly unintellible. "Verily, thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour," describes exactly the hidden truths of the Word. Israel did not know Him, except in the cloud and the...

...him that fashioneth it, What makest thou ? or the work, that he hath no hands ? ISAIAH XLV. 15. • Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. — RV This is the very opposite from what is demanded by the context, which speaks of heathen nations...

...the following passages of the Word : Surely God is in thee ; and there is none else, there is no God. Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. Isa. xlv 14, 15. Am not I Jehovah ? and there is no God else besides me ; a just God, and a Saviour...

...same conditions also in Isaiah 45:15, a passage often connected with the concept deus absconditus : "Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour." It strikes our attention that the same chapter also mentions the revelation of God : "I have not spoken...

..."clouds and darkness about Him," and so obviously true still, is the inspired testimony of the prophet, "Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O! God of Israel, the Saviour," that we muat often expect to be left in doubt and uncertainty, as to the proper clue by which to guide...