Psalms 97:8-9

Whatever effect the astonished nations of the earth now feel at the blessedness of Christ's church, his beloved Zion takes part in all that concerns our Lord. Tell a lover of Jesus that a nation is born at once, or that an individual poor sinner is recovered by grace to the Lord, and every citizen of Zion participates in the triumph. Blessed Jesus! I bless thee for this evidence of my being thine, that amidst all my undeservings, I do prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy. Psalms 137:6. And as the soul of a believer rejoiceth in the conversion of every poor sinner, so is joy excited in the view of the judgments of God over the enemies of Christ, death, hell, and the grave. Reader! turn to the book of the Revelations, and behold the joy of the holy apostles and prophets, and of all heaven, in the destruction of mystic Babylon; Revelation 18:20. And oh! what everlasting joy will burst forth from all the host, when all enemies shall he brought under Christ's feet!