Exodus 2:22 And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. He called his name Gershom, etc. (Exodus 2:22), compared with - "And the name of the other was Eliezer," etc. (Exodus 18:4). Note the isolation and misery of the earlier time, and the mercy of the later - each begetting its own tone and mood of mind; and further, the desirability of living above the mood of the passing day. Rev. O. Kingsley says ('Life,' 1:82): "Let us watch against tones. They are unsafe things. The tone of a man or woman's mind ought to be that of thoughtful reverence and love; but neither joy or sorrow, or activity or passiveness, or any other animal tone, ought to be habitual," etc. - R. Parallel Verses KJV: And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. |
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