DISCOURSE: 391 DAVID’S PREPARATION FOR THE TEMPLE 1 Chronicles 29:2. _Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God_. THERE is no end to the benefits which we may derive from Scripture history. What if our situation and circumstances be different from those which are there adverted... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 392 SAINTS STRANGERS ON EARTH 1 Chronicles 29:15. _We are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding_. THE more truly pious we are, the more shall we be clothed with humility. On no occasion had David e... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 393 UPRIGHTNESS OF HEART REQUIRED 1 Chronicles 29:17. _I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness_. THE true way to form a correct estimate of our actions is, to consider the principles from which they flow: for it is very possible that an act, whic... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 394 LIBERALITY IN GOD’S SERVICE COMMENDED 1 Chronicles 29:17. _Now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy pe... [ Continue Reading ]