_Give the king Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the king’s son._ THE WORLD-WANTED KING Society cannot exist without laws: these laws require to be expressed and enforced, and whoever does this is ruler. Again, whilst the millions have the instinct of obedience, and lack the faculty... [ Continue Reading ]
_The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness._ MOUNTAIN PEACE Sympathy between the moral and physical worlds pervades the whole of Scripture and especially this seventy-second psalm. The beauty of the redeemed soul will be reflected, as it was at the first,... [ Continue Reading ]
_He shall judge the poor of the people, He shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor._ ON THE EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR I. Look to the present situation of the children of the needy, and compassion will urge you to befriend them. Look especially to t... [ Continue Reading ]
_They shall fear Thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations._ THE PERPETUITY AND IMPERISHABLE NATURE OF THE RELIGION OF CHRIST The grand doctrine brought before us in these words is the perpetuity of the Church of Christ upon the earth; or the imperishable and indestructibl... [ Continue Reading ]
_He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass; as showers that water the earth._ RAIN UPON THE MOWN GRASS Some men say that Christianity is not genial, that the Christian scheme exhibits God in a most unlovely aspect, that the doctrines of Christ are dark with awful mysteries, that the promises... [ Continue Reading ]
_His enemies shall lick the dust._ THE ENEMIES OF CHRIST SUBDUED I. Who are the enemies of Christ? 1. Those who maintain sentiments contrary to the Gospel of Christ. 2. Those who endeavour to subvert His influence over His people’s hearts. 3. Those who refuse submission to His Gospel. II. What... [ Continue Reading ]
_For He shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also and him that hath no helper._ THE POOR MAN’S FRIEND I. The special objects of grace. 1. They are needy. This we all are, all our life long, for body and for soul. But God’s peculiar people feel their spiritual need as others do not. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
_And He shall live, and to Him shall be given of the gold of Sheba._ THE GREATNESS OF THE REDEEMER’S LIFE I. The greatness of His life is seen in the magnitude of its influence. 1. It is co-extensive with creation. Christ is to be the centre of universal attraction. Analogy, the greatness of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon._ THE LIFE AND POWER OF THE GOSPEL I. Offer some expository remarks. 1. The handful of corn. This tells of the few disciples who at the first preached the Gospel. As Isaac was... [ Continue Reading ]
_His name shall endure for ever: His name shall be continued as long as the sun._ THE NAME OF CHRIST I. The Saviour’s renown. For by “His name” we understand His renown. 1. The source from whence this renown is derived. It is from His proper and essential divinity; from His condescending and effi... [ Continue Reading ]
_Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things._ THE LAW OF SUGGESTION IN RELIGIOUS LIFE The law of memory recalls the same things; of association, different things. Certain sounds or sights awaken in our minds ideas which have been associated by the eye and by the ear.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Let the whole earth be filled with His glory; Amen, and Amen._ DAVID’S DYING PRAYER There was a time when this prayer was unnecessary, for the whole earth was filled with His glory. And, in a sense, it is still unnecessary. For the whole earth is filled with God’s glory. “All Thy works praise The... [ Continue Reading ]
_The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended._ DAVID AS PSALMIST Why were such oceans of feeling poured into David’s soul, such true and graceful utterance of poetry infused into his lips, and such skill of music seated in his right hand? Such oceans of feeling did God infuse into his soul, and... [ Continue Reading ]