save with reverence, can we possibly come with any sanity before Him who chargeth His very angels with folly, etc. (see Isa. 6:2, 3). No noble nature yet was ever irreverent. II. But if the words “which art in heaven” are meant to strike the keynote of reverence, the words “Our Father” give us the dominant notes of trustfulness and love. It was said of the great Roman Emperor Augustus that they who dared to speak to him rashly failed to appreciate his greatness, but that they who out of fear dared
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