erred to three do not directly
mention the cloud, and in two others it is over the mount, with
its characteristics much intensified. The references are given
for those who will want to get closer up to this famous
illustration.

Guidance: Ex. xiii: 21-22, with Numbers xiv: 14.

Bodily nourishment. Ex. xv: 25; xvi: 13-14, 45; xvii: 6.
Numbers xi: 31-32. xx: 1-12.

Protection from bodily harm: The nation--Ex. xiv: 19-20. The
leaders--Num. xiv: 10 and on. xvi: 19 and on. xvi: 42 and on.
xx: 1-12.

Defeat of an enemy: Ex. xiv: 24-31, xvii: 8-16.

Chiding: Ex. xvi: 4-7, 10-12.

Rebuke or punishment for sin: Numbers xi: 33; xii: 1-10; xiv:
10 and on; xvi: 19 and on; 42 and on; xx: 1-12.

Held back from wrong: Numbers xiv: 10 and on; xvi: 19 and on;
42 and on; xx: 1-12.

Instruction and training: Ex. xix: 9, 16 and on; xxiv: 15-18.

Fuller manifestation: Ex. xxxiv: 5 and on; xi: 34-38. Lev. ix:
6, 23.

Special plan of relief in managment: Numbers xi: 16, 17, 25.

Coming nearer: Ex. xxxiii: 7-11, revised version.

MAKING AND BREAKING CONNECTIONS.

Many Experiences, but One Law.

In mechanics power depends on good connections. A visit to any great
machine shop makes that clear. There must be good connections in two
directions--inward toward the source of power, and outward for use. The
same law holds true in spiritual power as in mechanical. There must be
good connections.

These nights we have been together a few things have seemed clear. We
have seen that from the standpoint of our lives there is _need_ of
power, as well as from the standpoint of the Master's use of us among
others. Jesus' promise and insistent words make plain the _necessity_ of
our having power if His plan for us is not to fail. His words about the
_price_ of power have set many of us to doing some honest thinking and
heart-searching. And we have gotten some suggestion, too, of the meaning
of that word power, and of the _personality_ back of the word.

To-night I want to talk with you a little about how to secure good
connections between the source of power and the channel through which it
is to flow out to others; and, once secured, how to preserve the
connections unbroken.

It has been one of the peculiar characteristics of recent years in
religious circles that much has been spoken and written about the Holy
Spirit. Thous