Psalms 48:14

What a beautiful conclusion to such a triumphant Psalm. Jesus, that is our God and Saviour now, that hath been our fathers Saviour; is ours, and will be to the generation following, and to every generation of his seed forever and ever.

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READER! if these be the blessings of Zion, What a mercy must it be to be a citizen of Zion? It is said of this highly privileged spot; where Jesus dwells, that the Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this and that man was born in her. It is a vast and an important question to know if you and I were born there. I mean by a new birth, which makes us fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God. Reader! are we come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God? Do we bow the knee, the heart, the whole soul, in dutiful obedience, in love, in affection, in regard to the king in Zion? Do we speak the language of Zion? Do we love the courts, the house of prayer, the ordinances, the worship of Zion? Is Zion the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth in our esteem? In a word, can we, and do we say; For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. Ye ministers of my God, ye that are watchmen, whom God hath set upon the walls of Zion, see that you hold not your peace day nor night; ye that make mention of my God, give him no rest, nor peace, until that he hath made Jerusalem a praise in the earth. And oh! that all who are citizens of Zion may have the interests of Jesus and his church uppermost upon their hearts, that they may prefer Jerusalem above their chief joy. And do thou, Lord, who art king in Zion, cause thy glory to appear. Be thou thy church's glory; the guide, the protector, the salvation of thy redeemed here upon earth, and their everlasting joy and glory in thy church which is above.