_Bow down Thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy._ MAN AND THE GREAT GOD I. Man in a variety of aspects. 1. What every man is. “Poor and needy.” Morally this is the case with every man. He is “poor” (Revelation 3:17). And “needy.” What does he need? Knowledge, pardon, purity, power.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul._ SOUL ELEVATION The soul’s true elevation is a progress-- I. Godward. “Unto Thee.” It does not really rise as it moves towards worldly wealth, position, influence, or knowledge; but only as it moves towards God. II. By self-effort. “Do I lift up my soul.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer._ CONCERNING PRAYER In such a prayer-psalm as this, there is no studying of language: it is the pouring out of the heart as the heart boils over, the utterance of the desires as they bubble up from the soul’s deeps, with an entire carelessness as to the fashion of... [ Continue Reading ]
_In the day of my trouble I will call upon Thee: for Thou wilt answer me._ THE DAY OF TROUBLE I. Here is a day that may be expected by us all, Though all men do not “walk in the midst of trouble,” all must meet with trouble sooner or later. There is no human experience that has not had, or will no... [ Continue Reading ]
_Among the gods there is none like unto Thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto Thy works._ GOD’S WORKS UNIQUE I. God’s works in the material domain have no equal. 1. How exquisite in perfection. How delicate in structure, symmetrical in form and hue. Compare the finest fabric that th... [ Continue Reading ]
_All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and worship before Thee, O Lord; and shall glorify Thy name._ THE GOLDEN AGE THAT IS COMING When all the nations fall down in practical worship before the One all-holy, all-wise, and all-strong, then the golden age will have come, the millennium of the w... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou. .. doest wondrous things._ CURIOSITIES In this age a great amount of wealth is lavished on “curiosities.” I. One of the greatest curosities which has been made for you is the created world. When you see anything which is wonderful, the first questions are, Who made it? How did it get here?... [ Continue Reading ]
_Teach me Thy way, O Lord; I will walk in Thy truth._ MORAL LIGHT I. Moral light sought from the true source. 1. God has a “way” for man. He has a course, a mission for every man. 2. Of this “way” man is ignorant. He is in darkness. Errors as to the chief good have abounded in all times. 3. God... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell _ SAVED FROM THE DEPTHS A plan has lately been proposed and successfully employed for raising the cargoes of sunken vessels. A huge electro-magnet, operated from the deck of a vessel, is lowered to the submerged cargo; and if it be of a character... [ Continue Reading ]
_Show me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; because Thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me._ TOKENS FOR GOOD At the outset note-- 1. How this man in the hour of conflict looks to his Divine protector. Not to men but to God does he cry, And observe-- 2. Th... [ Continue Reading ]