_God is our refuge and strength._ A PSALM OF WAR AND PEACE The psalm is divided into three parts, as the Selahs at the end of the third and seventh verses indicate. The first is shorter by one verse, but, were the refrain added to it--it has been said that it was once there--then the psalm stands... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed._ DELIVERANCE FROM FEAR Charles Wesley preached from this text, I think, in City Road, in the year of the London earthquake. People fled terror-stricken from their homes and crowded City Road Chapel, feeling that if disaster were overtaking t... [ Continue Reading ]
_There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High._ THE CITY AND RIVER OF GOD There are two remarkable events in the history of Israel, one or the other of which most probably supplied the historical basis upon which this psal... [ Continue Reading ]
_Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations He hath made in the earth, _ THE DESOLATIONS OF THE LORD, THE CONSOLATIONS OF HIS SAINTS I. a declaration of what has happened. “Come, behold the works. .. desolations He hath made.” See them-- 1. In the effects of wars, plagues, famines, revo... [ Continue Reading ]
_He maketh wars to cease unto the ends of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire._ WAR I. As it affects the happiness of mankind. Think of-- 1. Its rapid extinction of innumerable lives without concern. 2. Think of the manner of their... [ Continue Reading ]
_Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth._ STILLNESS AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD There is a class of persons who are designated by divines and Church historians as Quietists. They have not formed a community, but they have been found in all... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord of Hosts is with us._ GOD WITH US The Lord of Hosts--that means the God of power; the God who has all hosts of all sorts at His beck and under His control; the great King whom all created powers, whether marshalled in heaven or ranked on earth, somehow must obey. The Lord of Hosts is the... [ Continue Reading ]