CLELAND BOYD MCAFEE “MOSAIC LAW IN MODERN LIFE," ETC. Association Press 1916 The Bible Text used in this volume is taken from the American Standard CONTENTS 16 III. THE PERSONAL MOOD. 29 IV. SELF IN THE SOCIAL GROUP 42 V. SELF AGAINST THE SOCIAL GROUP 55 VI. SELF FOR THE SOCIAL GROUP... 70 VII. THE CHALLENGE OF THE SOCIAL ORDER 84 VIII. THE GROUP WITHIN THE SOCIAL ORDER 97 IX. GOD IN THE SOCIAL ORDER III X. SIN AND THE SOCIAL ORDER.... 126 XI. THE SPIRIT OF PRAISE WITHIN THE SOCIAL ORDER 141 XII. THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER IN THE SOCIAL ORDER... 156 XIII. THE FORECAST OF A FUTURE SOCIAL ORDER.. 171 CHAPTER I The Songs of a Thousand Years The book of the Psalms is the best known book in the Bible. That is because it is the most complete expression of human life in literature. It ranges all moods. No man can seek the expression of any mood without finding terms for it here. From the depths of despair he can cry for help; in rage at injustice, in the pain of betrayal by friends, in doubt of God's goodness, in assurance of his unfailing love, feeling himself wrong or wronged, seeing the world as going to ruin or seeing it as working out a plan of good, wanting inspiration to serve his fellowmen better or wanting refuge from their demands, fearing the future or hoping for it, in depression or in exultation-whatever mood any man cares to express is here. Calvin says: “All griefs, sorrows, fears, doubts, hopes, cares, and anxieties, in short all those tumultuous agitations wherewith the minds of men are wont to be tossed—the Holy Spirit hath here represented to the life.” It is a literature of insight. DAILY READINGS First Week, First Day mercies; -Psalm 103: 1-6. |
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