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My Sermon Notes: A Selection From Outlines Of Discourses Delivered At The Metropolitan Tabernacle: From Genesis To Proverbs (1884)
My Sermon Notes A Selection From Outlines Of Discourses Delivered At The Metropolitan Tabernacle From Genesis To Proverbs - 1884 Author:C. H. Spurgeon General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1885 Original Publisher: F.H. Revell Subjects: Sermons Bible Religion / Sermons / Christian Religion / Christianity / Baptist Religion / Christian Ministry / Preaching Study Aids / Civil Service Study Aids / Study Guides Notes: This is a black and white OCR rep... more »rint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LXXIL Isatalj xfb. 32. -- " OTtyat sijall one tfjen ansfoer tfje mcs= sengers of tfje nation? Efjat ity ILorto fjatfj founoeo 2ion, anto tfje poor of fjts people sfjall trust in it." It is clear that Zion attracts attention. The messengers of the nations enquire concerning her. The church excites attention by -- The peculiarity of her people. The speciality of her teaching. The singularity of her claims. The greatness of her privileges. It is so good a thing to have this attention excited, that one should be ever ready to give an answer, for this is the way by which the truth is spread in the earth. Oh that all nations would send messengers to enquire concerning our King, and his reign ! Perhaps they will when we are what we ought to be, and are ready to answer their enquiries. I. What Do The Messengers Ask ? They come as the ambassadors from Babylon to see everything. They ask questions, as did the Queen of Sheba. Concerning Zion, or the church, they ask: -- 1. What is her origin ? (Ps. Ixxviii. 68, 69.) 2. What is her history? (Ps. Ixxxvii. 3.) 3. Who is her King? (Ps. xsix. 2.) 4. What is her charter? (Gal. iv. 26.) 5. What are her laws ? (Ezek. xliii. 12.) 6. What is her treasure? (Ps. cxlvii. 12-14; Rev- xxi- 21.) 7. What is her present security ? (Ps. xlviii. 13.) 8. What is her future destiny? (Ps. cii. 16.) There is nothing about Zion which is unw...« less