...affections? Solely because they were in a strange land! ' If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,' they cried, 'let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy 1 .' And in accordance with this feeling, the first object which brought back the Jews in any great...

...all faithful men have a place, it should not be too much for us to say : — If I forget thee let my right hand forget her cunning ; if I do not remember...tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not thee above my chief joy.- The very dust of that desolation which has been allowed, at times, to come...

...there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How...mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." (Psalm cxxxvii.) Such was the sorrowful lament of the Hebrew captives. It proves the estimation in...

...own hand shall wipe away All tears from Israel's eyes. * '• If I forget thec, O ! Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy."— Psalm cxxzvii. 5—6. A FATHER'S LAMENT FOR HIS FIRST BORN. She's gone ! that lovely flower, which...

...devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. " IF I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." This was the utterance of generous patriotism, and of ardent piety. To every true-hearted Jew, his...

...subject of our prayers and our labours ; we begin to say, " If I forget thee, О Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning If I do not remember...mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy ;" and while there is a nation, or people, who have not heard of a Saviour's love and a Saviour's blood,...

...joy of his people." It is " the glory of the whole earth." " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem to my chief joys." This should be the feeling, this the language of every renewed mind. The cause of...

...shall wipe away All tears from Israel's eyes. *' If I forget thoc, O! Jerusalem, let ray right hjnd forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let...roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above rny chief joy."— Psalm cuxvii. 5—6. . A FATHER'S LAMENT FOR HIS FIRST BORN. She's gone ! that lovely...

...there they that carried us away captive required of us a song, and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.'...mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy," Ps. cxxxvii. 1 — 6. Several of the captives were raised to situations of high honour and trust under...

...midst of enemies. Say with the psalmest, Psal. cxxxvii. 5, 6 : " If I forget thee. O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." Study to kee'p by the poor church of Christ, especially in her returning to the Lord. I confess there...