_Praise ye the Lord._ THE SUBLIME OBJECT OF WORSHIP I. In His absolute goodness (Psalms 135:1). He is “good”--essentially, eternally, infinitely, immutably. II. In His relative kindness (verse 4). Britain is more favoured than ever Palestine was. It is the land of liberty, Bibles, churches, etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord hath chosen Jacob unto Himself._ A STRANGE YET GRACIOUS CHOICE This is a psalm of praise all through. It is to be sung to the highsounding cymbals. There is not a low note anywhere; it is all robust, exhilarating, joyful. It is “Hallelujah!” from beginning to end; and it did not seem pos... [ Continue Reading ]
_I know that the Lord is great._ A GREAT GOD Right views of God lie at the foundation of all right religion. If our views of God are spiritual, scriptural--if they have a sanctifying tendency in our souls--we are right in other things. If we are wrong in this, we are wrong in all things: like the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did He._ THE ACTIVITY OF GOD I. God acts. He is the great worker,--never resting, never failing, never wearying,--the worker of all workers, the motor in all motions. II. God acts everywhere. In the heavens He rolls the massive orbs of space; on the earth He mak... [ Continue Reading ]
_The idols. .. are silver and gold._ THE GOLD-GOD Idolatry consists in giving to any object, whether animate or inanimate, the work of man’s hands, or the work of the Divine hands, the love and worship which belongs to the Supreme Existence. “Thou shalt have no other God but Me.” But to have Him m... [ Continue Reading ]
_Blessed be the Lord out of Zion._ THANKFULNESS I. The psalmist’s expressions of thankfulness. 1. We are taught by the whole of this psalm that these expressions spring from a grateful memory. Everywhere around him he beholds some memorial of the Divine goodness, some landmark of the ancient inhe... [ Continue Reading ]