2. There is a new Theology, which only speaks of the love of God as seen in the cross. It sees not the glory of His Righteousness, and His righteous judgment. This is not the God of Scripture. 'Our God is a consuming fire,' is New Testament Theology. To 'offer service with reverence and awe,' is New Testament religion. In Holiness, Judgment and Mercy meet. 3. _Holiness as the fear of God._ Hiding the face before God for fear, not daring to look or speak,--this is the beginning of rest in God. It is not yet the true rest, but on the way to it. May God give us a deep fear of whatever could grieve or anger Him. May we have a deep fear of ourselves, and all that is of the old, the condemned nature, lest it rise again. 'The spirit of the fear of the Lord' is the first manifestation of the spirit of holiness, and prepares the way for the joy of holiness. 'Walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost;' these are the two sides of the Christian life. 4. The Holiness of God was revealed to Moses that he might be its messenger. The Church needs nothing so much to-day as men and women who can testify for the Holiness of God. Will you be one? NOTE. The connection between the fear of God and holiness is most intimate. There are some who seek most earnestly for holiness, and yet never exhibit it in a light that will attract the world or even believers, because this element is wanting. It is the fear of the Lord that works that meekness and gentleness, that deliverance from self-confidence and self-consciousness, which form the true groundwork of a saintly character. The passages of God's Word in which the two words are linked together are well worthy of a careful study. 'Who is like unto Thee, glorious in _holiness_, _fearful_ in praises?' 'In Thy _fear_ will I worship towards Thy _holy_ temple.' 'O _fear_ the Lord, ye His _holy ones_.' 'O worship the Lord, in the beauty of _holiness_; _fear_ before Him, all the earth.' 'Let them praise Thy great and _terrible_ name; _holy_ is He.' 'The _fear_ of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the _Holy One_ is understanding.' 'The Lord of hosts, Him shall ye _sanctify_; let Him be your _fear_, and let Him be your dread.' 'Perfecting _holiness_ in the _fear_ of the Lord.' 'Like as He which _called you_ is holy, be ye yourselves also _holy_; and if ye _call on Him_ as father, pass the time of your sojourning in _fear_.' And so on through the whole of Scripture, from the Song of Moses on to the Song of the Lamb: 'Who shall not _fear_ Thee, O Lord! and glorify Thy name, for Thou only art _holy_.' If we yield ourselves to the impression of such passages, we shall feel more deeply that the fear of God, the tender fear of in any way offending Him, the fear especially of entering into His holy presence with what is human and carnal, with