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Posthumous Works of the Rev. Thomas Chalmers
Posthumous Works of the Rev Thomas Chalmers Author:Thomas Chalmers, William Hanna Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DAILY SCRIPTURE READINGS PSALMS. Before entering on this rich and precious department of Scripture, let me lift up a solemn prayer to God, that He would en... more »able me to gather from it those fruits unto holiness, the end of which is life everlasting; and that the same Spirit which animated the Psalmist would enlighten and impress me with all the fervour and devotedness which burn and breathe throughout these sacred compositions—a treasure and blessing to the Church in all ages. Psalm i.—Dr. Good, in his Historical 0utline of the Psalms, states that this was written by David previous to his entry on public life. I am not sure that I will frequently advert to the occasions of the different Psalms. But let me, 0 God, drink in the spirit and sentiment of these blessed effusions — The scorner is the infidel of these times, who poured mockery on the ways of God and on His people; and the Psalmist, disowning such, pronounces on the better part of him whose delight and meditation are the law of God.—0 my God, let me shun VOL. III. A the partial and constrained views of those who speak of it as the only end of Thy law, that it should convince of sin. Let me recognise it in all its prominency and all its preciousness—and this to men after conversion as well as before it. May it be put i . i my heart, and yield there, as from a root, all the fruits of righteousness. And while the wicked are filled with the fruits of their own ways, may I nourish and prosper, 0 God, before Thee. Psalm n.—There was doubtless enough in the history of David to supply him with immediate topics for the composition of this psalm. He had the combinations of hostile kings to make head against; and he was helped to prevail over them; and he wasx at length established in the city of Jerusalem, as the seat...« less