...conspire to promote the felicity of his chosen, who governs the universe as head of his church, " who loveth the gates of Zion more than all " the dwellings of Jacob !'' It shall be my endeavour, in the following discourse, to set before you a succinct view of the...

...LXXXVII. H 1T_A_Psalm or Song tor the sons of Koran. IS foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 The LORD nts again. me. and 1 will speak unto thee all the, 14 Ve shall 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon...

...and from age to age ; and piety and beneficence shine, like the sun, with perennial beams. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O City of God, The Lord hath chosen Zion ; he hath desired it for...

...hast holpen me, and comforted me. PSALM LXXXVII. 1IS foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon...

...sight than the most stately palace of the wicked, or the most sumptuous residence of the ungodly ; for he loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. May we obtain that faith in Christ Jesus — that submission to his divine will — that love for his...

...disorderly in His own tabernacles ? The closet is sacred, and the family-altar is sacred : but " the LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob." If heaven is the beatific presence of God, the earthly sanctuary is its best image. And he who truly seeks...

...household of faith. The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works; but The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. And so ought we. The household ot faith should be our peculiar care. The consideration of this duty...

...hill of Sion." Zion, moreover, is described as the peculiar object of the Divine regard : " The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob :" " The joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion." In like manner, that '• city" of the " living God,"...

...order of private families to the order of the great family of heaven, the church of Christ ? " The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob." I take the liberty of stating here a few reasons for frequent and intimate social worship. 1st. Christians...

...not called the house of instruction, or the house of sacrifice, but the house of prayer. " The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob." Hence God so often commanded the people to seek him in his sanctuary, and wait for his blessing there....