THE believer's SONG.
Isai. xii. 1 , 2. In that day thou shalt say, 0 Lord, I loill praise thee : though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not he afraid : for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; he also is become my salvation.
GLORIOUS prospects are open to our poor be- nighted world. The time is coming, and we trust it is not far distant, when " all the kingdoms of the world, whether of Jews or Gentiles, shall become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ." " The Root of Jesse," the Lord Jesus Christ, does already " stand as an ensign to the Gentiles ;" and though but few, comparatively, have flocked to his standard yet, he shall " gather to him all nations" ere long, and " his rest shall be glorious''." His ancient people, too, shall return to him, and experience at his hands mercies similar to those with which they were favoured in the day that they came forth out of the land of Egypt ^. For them all, and especially for the latter, is this song prepared ; and it shall be sung by them with most exalted joy. But we need not wait till that day : for every redeemed soul is authorized to adopt it, as expressing his own feelings in the contemplation of the blessings vouchsafed unto him.
To assist you in the attainment of this heavenly frame, I will shew,
L That praise is the proper employment of the whole intelligent creation —
[When God first called forth the universe into existence, he made every thing for the glory of his own great name : and
a Isai. xi. 10. •' Isai. xi. 11 — 16.