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 ]