DISCOURSE: 550 DEVOTION EXEMPLIFIED Psalms 34:2. _My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together._ A SENSE of gratitude to God for his mercies will ever abide in some measure on the soul of a true... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 551 GRATEFUL RECOLLECTIONS Psalms 34:6. _This poor man cried; and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles._ IT is of great advantage to have transmitted to us the experience of God’s saints; because in them we see exhibited, as it were, before our eyes, what we ourselve... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 552 EXPERIMENTAL RELIGION ENFORCED Psalms 34:8. _O taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man that trusteth in him._ THERE is, in the minds of many, a prejudice against experimental religion, insomuch that the very name of Christian experience is an object of reproach. But,... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 553 THE FEAR OF GOD INCULCATED Psalms 34:11. _Come, ye children, hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do go... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 554 THE BROKEN AND CONTRITE IN HEART ENCOURAGED Psalms 34:18. _The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit._ THE objects of God’s favour are very frequently designated by the exalted title of “The righteous:” “The eyes of the Lord are... [ Continue Reading ]