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Shadows here, but sunshine beyond. That is the meaning of the valley. Only for a moment shadow, mystery, strangeness, and we are walking through it, – and then light, glory, home, Christ’s face, – forever with the Lord. Let no believer ever be afraid. Even in the darkness, or what seems from this side, as we enter, to be darkness, we shall find our great Companion.
“Thou art with me, with rod and staff, and I shall be comforted.” We need not be afraid in the valley; for Jesus will be with us, and he has all power and all grace. He has overcome the world; and in his hands are the nail-prints, reminding us both of his victory in fighting our battles, and his love in giving himself for us.
When Dr. Charles Hodge was on his deathbed, he repeated over and over again a hymn which Mrs. Weiss, daughter of Archbishop Whately, wrote during her last sickness. Two stanzas of the hymn run thus:–
“Dearest Saviour, go not from me;
Let thy presence still abide: Look in tenderest love upon me–
I am sheltering at thy side,
Dearest Saviour,
Who for suffering sinners died.
“Both mine arms are clasped about thee,
And my head is on thy breast;
For my weary soul has found thee
Such a perfect, perfect rest.
Dearest Saviour, Now I know that I am blest.”
American Presbyterian theologian, was ordained in 1821, and taught at Princeton for almost his whole life. In 1825 he founded the Biblical Repository and Princeton Review, and during forty years was its editor, and the principal contributor to its pages. He received the degree of D.D. from Rutgers College in 1834, and that of LL.D. from Washington College, Pennsylvania, in 1864. In 1840 Dr. Hodge was transferred to the chair of didactic theology, retaining still, however, the department of New Testament exegesis, the duties of which he continued to discharge until his death. His most important works are his commentaries on Romans (1835), Ephesians (1856), 1 Corinthians (1857), 2 Corinthians (1859), as well as Constitutional History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States (2 vols., 1839-40), Systematic Theology (3 vols., 1871-3), and What is Darwinism? (1874). He was an outstanding defender of Calvinism, and has a claim to be considered one of the best theologians and Bible commentators America has produced. Page 13 << Prior Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Next Page >>Charles Hodge, D.D., (1797-1878)