It is not our purpose to discuss the merits of any particular "Place of Worship," nor to

advocate the attendance, or non-attendance at the meeting place of any one sect or

denomination; we desire to "preach Christ," and by so doing we shall strike a more

powerful blow at sectarianism than by all the denunciations that we might pour forth, and

at the same time feed the Lord's people with the true bread which cometh down from

This wonderful meeting place to which we wish to draw attention is found in Isaiah

53:, being symbolized in Exod. 25: 21 and 22. Let us turn to Exod. 25: 16-22. The Ark

of the Covenant has placed within it the unbroken tables of stone. Let it be remembered

that Israel in reality never received the Ten Commandments; they were broken before

they could be given them. God's answer was, "Make an ark," not "Give them another

chance," or "Give them an easier code." Upon this ark is placed the mercy seat, the

propitiatory, which exactly fitted the ark beneath. Here we have Rom. 3: 21-26 set

before our very eyes. Atonement has a broad base of righteousness to rest upon. The

blood sprinkled upon the mercy seat covers the perfect and unbroken law within, "That

he might be just, and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus." This symbol of the

perfect work of Christ is the "ground of meeting" in Exod. 25: 22. "There will I meet

with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat." Fellow-believer,

"Let us draw nigh"; none can say us nay if He bids us welcome. With this beautiful type

in mind let us turn to Isaiah 53:

In Acts 8: 35 we read, "Then Philip opened his mouth and began at the same

scripture, and preached unto Him - Jesus." Isaiah 53: is the passage. It is a part of

repentant Israel's confession when they look upon Him whom they pierced, when the veil

shall be removed, and they shall say:--

Let us pause and consider this wondrous meeting place. The sufferer is the Son of

God; the hands which fashioned the heavens (Heb. 1: 10) are nailed to the accursed tree;

the brow which is yet to wear "many diadems" is crowned with the thorns that sprang up

in consequence of Adam's sin. Why all this? Was there no other way? No! The Lord of

glory stepped down from His exalted throne, became a man, a servant, and dies under the

imputed guilt which the Lord made to meet on Him. What a tremendous thought is here;

how it calls upon us to remember that we are upon holy ground! One sin to an infinitely

holy Being must be loathsome, but to think of the combined sin of my lifetime being

made to converge upon His sacred head is more than heart can conceive. But the writer

is not the only one for whom the Saviour died. Thousands more can rejoice in Him as the

great sin-bearer for them. But this is not all. Generation after generation have lived, and