February 20

The hill Mizar. - Psalms 42:6.

WE know, from accurate maps of the land of Canaan, where the Jordan rolled; we know where was the land beyond Jordan; we know where was the region possessed by the Hermonites; but no one has informed us what or where this hill Mizar was. The word in the margin is from the little hill. Now we know not what took place on this hill. It might be here that the Lord delivered him “out of the paw of the lion,” and “out of the paw of the bear;” but whether the supposition be correct or not, we may be assured there was something that served to impress it on the mind of David, and thus to increase his confidence and his hope.

All places are alike to God, but they are not the same to us. There are few persons who have not some place toward which they look with peculiar interest. How dear must be to a mother the spot in the churchyard that holds the ashes of her darling child! How endeared and affecting must the cave of Machpelah have been to Abraham after it contained his beautiful and beloved Sarah! We are told that Mary was gone to the grave of her brother to weep there. And how many places are interesting in review! How many spots have been made sacred by meditation and intercourse with God, and of which we could say, “This is none other than the house of God!” There are spots toward which we can look, where God freed our mind from a grievous snare and temptation, and made us free indeed; where God commanded a wonderful deliverance for us; where he turned the shadow of death into the morning, and where at eventide it was made light. These Mizars, these little hills, how precious do they become in the remembrance!

“Here to these hills my soul will come,

Till my beloved calls me home.”