on the gracious character of that God with whom we have to do, they do more than solve our doubts; for they take us into an inner region of grace, and show us something beyond a promise, “the exceeding riches of the grace of God.” When we light upon some Old Testament promise, we sometimes fear to touch it. We look upon it as a gem belonging to another. We say, “Ah! that is for Israel, not for the Gentile, not for the sinner, not for the Church, not for me.” Perhaps it is for Israel; but what of