...their ears, and found entrance to their hearts. The text was that kindred aspiration of JOB : ' О that I knew where I might find him ; that I might come even to his seat !' etc. Some idea, perhaps, may be formed of the character of the discourse, from the following...

...throughout the Bible. From the human side, for example, there is the cry of Job who says, "Oh that I ~ [C3 D 6 JKf w\52 F_<} ʖ 6 ы^k lK K to his seat!" (Job 23:3). Or we hear the words of Philip: "Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be...

...discover that they cannot find in them full satisfaction. These say, with the poet of old, "Oh that I knew where I might find Him! that I might come even to His seat!" Job 23:3. God Himself "hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all...

...comfort— texts that betray deep doubts about our ability to know God. As Job proclaims, "Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! . . . Behold I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him."...

...experience. Moses cried out, "1 beseech Thee, show me Thy glory." Exodus 33:18. Job prayed, "Oh that I knew where I might find Him! that I might come even to His seat!" Job 23:3. David exclaimed, "One thing have I desired of the Lord, . . . that I may ....

...hungers for presence and not absence. He demands law and justice instead of accident and chaos.* Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. * Impossible not...

...bitterly that he cannot discover God and desperately states his case before the heavenly court. "Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his dwelling! I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. "If I go forward,...

...Job answered: also my complaint is bitter,' his k hand is heavy in spite of my groaning. 3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! Job 9: 14 4 I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would...

...Job, the one who questioned God and His justice and who, in his questioning, sought out God: "Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even unto His seat! I would lay my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments" (Job 23:3-4). Although...

...forcefully in his first letter: "No one has ever seen God" (4:12). Job complains of God, "Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!" (23:3). Bible religion knows nothing about a God who can be found or made out from our...