al duty, in whom
they all have an equal share.

That lesson God began to teach the Jews by the Red Sea. That lesson God
has taught our English forefathers again and again; and that lesson He
will teach us, their children, as often as we forget it, by signs and
wonders, by chastisements and by mercies, till we all learn to trust in
Him and Him only, and know that there is none other name under heaven by
which we can be saved from evil in this life or in the life to come, but
the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Angel of the Covenant, who
led the Jews up out of the land of Egypt.

XI. DANGERS--AND THE LITANY.

"Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them
out of their distresses. And he led them forth by the right way, that
they might go to a city of habitation. Oh that men would praise the
Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of
men."--PSALM cvii. 6-8.

This 107th Psalm is a noble psalm--a psalm which has given comfort to
thousands in suffering and in danger, even in the sorrows which they have
brought on themselves by their own folly. For it tells them of a Lord
who hears them when they cry to Him in their trouble, and who delivers
them from their distress.

It was written on a special occasion, as all the most important words of
the Bible are written--written seemingly, after some band of Jews
struggling across the desert, on their return from the captivity in
Babylon, had been in great danger of death. They went astray in the
wilderness out of their way, and found no city to rest in; hungry and
thirsty their soul fainted in them, so they cried unto the Lord in their
trouble, and He delivered them from their distress. He led them forth by
the right way, that they might go to the city where they dwelt. That was
the plain fact, on which the psalmist built up this noble psalm.

In the blazing sandy desert, without water, food, or shade, they had lost
their path, and were at their wit's end. And they cried unto the Lord
their God for guidance, for they could not guide themselves. And the
Lord answered their prayer and guided them. We do not read that God
worked a miracle for them, or sent an angel to lead them. Simply,
somehow or other, they found their way after all, and got safe out of the
desert; and they believed that it was God who enabled them to find their
way, and praised the Lord for His goodness; and for His g