...precious experience of the Lord's loving-kindness in Sion, J could say with the Psalmist : ' A day in thy courts is better than a thousand : I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness.' The sight of God's power and glory in...

...burdens : and he espied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. 0 Ps. Ixxxiv. 10 : A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. » MAT. v. 10 — 12 : Blessed are they...

...Then, turning the exhortation into prayer, he clasped his hands, and looking upward, continued, " Oh, Lord God of Hosts, hear my prayer ; give ear, O God of Jacob ! Observe, my beloved young friends, who -was the shield of David. 'Behold, O God,' he says, (and the...

...Zion appeareth before God. 8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer : jive ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 9 roast with fire ; his head with hU egf , and with the purtcnance th 10 For a day in thy courts it better than 8 thousand. J had rather be a door-keeper in the house of...

...of God. And, by our iniquities, we have exposed ourselves to thine everlasting displeasure. — But, behold, O God our Shield! and look upon the face of thine Anointed, and have mercy on us. May the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without...

...for the living God. Blessed arc they that dwell in thy house ; they will be still praising thee — for a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wiokednesi. O God, thou art my God ; early will...

...enter into the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness." If such in any degree were the sentiments...

...tilleth the pools. 7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. 8 Gray, Little Selah. 9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. 10 For a day in thy courts...

...Psalmist, " as the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God! A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord...

...loving-kindness, according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions." " Behold, O God, our Shield, and look upon the face of thine Anointed." In meditating on this subject, let us learn to forbear from exercising this dread prerogative of the...