CONTENTS
It is more than likely that this Psalm hath a reference to some great
event in the Church's history: and hence it hath been generally
supposed to refer to the return of the people from Babylon. But this
is mere conjecture. Certain it is, that it salts the Church's
deliverance upon every oc... [ Continue Reading ]
But as soon as the awakened, liberated sinner is made sensible of the
reality, how will praises burst forth from his joyful heart! The
carnal world who look on, know not what to make of it, what to think,
or what to say: but they are compelled to confess that God is in it.
And the people of God are... [ Continue Reading ]
This forms a very suitable prayer, after the experience of such
unlooked for mercies. The streams in the south most probably refer to
those subterraneous waters that empty themselves, and are seen no
more. Babylon no more retains her captives. The spiritual Babylon hath
a period also, when it shall... [ Continue Reading ]
These are sweet and general truths, which are not limited to the
history of this event of the Church, but may be applied to the Church
of God in all ages. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be
comforted, Matthew 5:4. And most unquestionably that grace which
induceth sorrow for sin, will bri... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS
READER! in the perusal of this Psalm, I would beg of you, as I desire
to examine myself, to look and see whether we really bear a part in
the triumphs here recorded. The effects of this deliverance are very
strikingly defined; the joy of the soul was such, that from its
greatness it seem... [ Continue Reading ]