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THE TREASURY. No. 43. JULY, 1867. Price 2d7 % f orb €ob~% Sot. " For the Lord God is a Sun."—The Psalmist. (jjj^w^jHE holy men of old were particularly fond of clothing their ^{fe thoughts in a metaphorical dress. Very numerous are ^|*!>g) the figures which they employed in order to set forth, their ideas about God, and there is scarcely any figure to be found within the covers of the good Old Book which is more suggestive and more beautiful than the one quoted above from the Book of Psalms. This title suggests to our mind many thoughts, three or four of which we purpose noticing, though very briefly" 1. The Sun is said to be the centre of attraction to our system, so is God to the Christian. The laws of attraction are in operation upon the very minutest particles of the solar system, but the Sun is the great central point. There is an attraction between the different particles of the earth themselves, aud between the different planets, but the home of all attraction with regard to our earth, and all the other worlds con- nected with us seems to be the Sun. It is by this attraction that they are kept in their right orbits, and were it to cease in its oper¬ ations in the case of any world, that world would immediately fly off into boundless space, and would probably before long clash with some other world, and thus cause terrible havoc; but as yet all those worlds have been obedient children, not daring to outstep the bounds allotted them. What the Suu is to the solar system, the Lord is to the Christian. There is an attraction between one Christian and another, as be¬ tween one atom and another in nature, there is an attraction again between one body of Christians and another, as between one planet and another, but the grand centre of attraction is the Lord God. They are all drawn towards Him, and are influenced by Him. i(0 Thou that hearest prayer unto Thee shall all flesh come. By terrible things in righteousness wilt Thou answer us, O God of our