TOHU-VA-VOHU 27 Jacobi is not far wrong in ascribing our anthropo- morphisms in thinking of God to the theomorphism of our nature. There is a vast difference between self-sacrifice and suicide. In regard to all scriptural sacrifices the necessary pre-requisites are: that the kind, the place, and the manner of sacrifice shall be expressly ordered of God. Is it so in all that we call self-sacrifice? If not, it seems to come under the genus suicide rather than sacrifice. What we call Providence is the presence of God in His creation, and His administration of its laws in accordance with the moral and gracious purposes of His government. In one sense there is no special Providence; in another all Providence is special. What makes a Providence special is not any alteration of God’s laws, nor yet of His administration of them, but of our bearing towards them. It becomes special from our special relationship towards them. The Hand of God does not alter the law of nature; but it may alter my relationship in reference toit. The stone that falls will crush; but I may be pushed out of the way, or it may be diverted before reaching me. In