in
the bosom of the Almighty, burned in the bosom of Moses, and he threw
down the tables of the covenant which he had brought from Mount Sinai,
and they were smashed to pieces. He called for those on the Lord's
side to come out from the midst of that company and stand with him, at
the same time commanding them to gird on their swords and put to death
those who were not for the Lord. That was a new revelation, and a
curious one, was it not? After all this had taken place, the Lord
called Moses a second time up into the mount by new revelation, and
again gave him tables of stone and laws written thereon. He kept him
there the second time forty days and forty nights, without eating or
drinking anything. One wouldwho would have delighted to converse with all
the people, as one man talks with another, was obliged to hide his
presence from them, and to send Moses to teach them. Moreover their
corruptions had become so great that the Lord, in his wrath, swore
that they should not enter into his rest. This was made known to them
by new revelation while in the wilderness, or they never could have
learned it. The Lord also informed them that he would not go up in the midst
of their camps. Said he, “I will not go up in the midst
of this people, because they have corrupted themselves in my sight,
lest I break forth and consume them in a moment;” “but,” said he, “I
will send an angel before you, and you must hearken to his voice,