CONTENTS The church rejoices in the love and favour of her Lord, and desires that the same blessings she enjoys in her beloved, may be the happy portion of both Jew and Gentile. To the chief musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song. Psalms 67:1 Is not this prayer an answer of faith to the blessed pr... [ Continue Reading ]
Observe how blessed are the effects which follow God's mercy, and the shining of his countenance upon the soul. The church of our elder brother, the Jew, is praying for the conversion of her younger sister, the Gentile church, and desiring that the salvation by Jesus may be as universal as it is gre... [ Continue Reading ]
Gospel mercies demand gospel praise; and whenever the name and power of Christ are known and felt, praise will burst forth from every heart and every tongue.... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophet had foretold that the nation and kingdom, which would not serve Christ, should perish; Isaiah 60:12. But the same prophet had it in commission to tell the church, that so blessed should be the advent of Christ's kingdom, and such the prosperity of the church, that strangers should stand... [ Continue Reading ]
The call on the people is again repeated, to rejoice, like the repeated hallelujahs of Heaven. He that hath once sung to the praise of Christ's redeeming love, will everlastingly sing to it, and make it his every-day song.... [ Continue Reading ]
The earth, with all her blessings, shall be sanctified to the church in her use of them; for by the fall thorns and briers only were to be her product; but now in Jesus all is sweetened, sanctified, and blessed. And the foundation and security of all these mercies are in the covenant relationship be... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 67:1 REFLECTIONS IN the contemplation of the blessings contained in this devout hymn of the church, methinks, Reader, I would have your soul go forth, as I pray the Lord lead forth mine, in praising and adoring the God of all our mercies, for the sweet view here given of the harmony and love... [ Continue Reading ]