_For that Thy name is near Thy wondrous works declare._ GOD’S NEARNESS TO THE WORLD I. He is near as the sustainer of a dissolving system (Psalms 75:3). The force of disintegration operates every moment, not only in organized matter, but even in what we call simple substances, if, indeed, such thin... [ Continue Reading ]
_I bear up the pillars of it._ GOD BEHIND NATURE It is literally true in the realm of nature. “I bear up the pillars of it.” God is being gradually eliminated from His own world. In olden time God was brought in at every nook and corner and turn. If it rained, the Lord had opened the bottles of hea... [ Continue Reading ]
_Speak not with a stiff neck._ STIFF NECKS The text is a figure of that pride, stubbornness, or wilful disobedience which refuses to yield to rightful and loving authority. I. Let me indicate the classes of persons who are morally and spiritually stiffnecked 1. If you resist the conviction of si... [ Continue Reading ]
_God is the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another._ GETTING ON It is not a trivial question, whether your life, my young friend, is to be a failure or a success. Everybody is going on. We are all getting through our little span of daylight. But some people are not only going on, they a... [ Continue Reading ]
_For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red._ GOD’S THREATENINGS AGAINST INCORRIGIBLE SINNERS In this verse we have a lively description and amplification of the judgments of God upon the world, which are here set forth unto us under a threefold representation of them. First,... [ Continue Reading ]
_But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob._ A MODEL OF DEVOUT PRAISE The praise resolved upon here is worthy of our imitation, inasmuch as it-- I. Loses sight of self in devout admiration of the character and doings of God. 1. He will praise God for His doings. (1) U... [ Continue Reading ]