CONTENTS If possible, the composition of this hymn riseth to higher notes than the former. The sacred writer, in the close of the foregoing Psalm, called upon the Zion of the Lord to praise him; but here the call is more earnest.... [ Continue Reading ]
Israel, by name, is here demanded to come forward to the pleasant employment of praise; and Jesus, King in Zion, is to be their one glorious theme. I beg the reader to remark, that here is nothing said of Israel's being joyful in what their King had done for them. These things, in their proper place... [ Continue Reading ]
I beg to call the reader's attention to a proper idea on the subject of dancing, from what is here said of it, and to observe, that even from hence, if there were no other passages in the word of God concerning it, a moment's recollection might convince him, that it never could wean that frivolous,... [ Continue Reading ]
Sweet thought! may we not, while reading it, take up Solomon's humble inquiry, But will God indeed dwell on earth? 1 Kings 8:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
These are all so many gracious calls to the redeemed, to praise God in Christ everywhere, at home and abroad; when upon their beds, and when elsewhere; in the church, and in the closet. And they seem to refer to the triumph of the church of Christ over all her enemies, both in this world and in that... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS READER, do you feel your heart warmed to join the host of the redeemed, here called upon to sing aloud redemption? Do you know it, and can you sing it? The Psalmist calls it, a new song. And so it is indeed; and it can only be sung by a new heart. If the Lord hath taught it you, there wi... [ Continue Reading ]