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A Song Of Praise.

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A Song Of Praise.
Tho lesson for Sunday. May IS. may be
found In Psalms 1903; 1-22.
INTRODUCTORY.
We have called this sWorship Psalm" 10
opens and closes with the same exhorta-
tions 20 praise. And the appeal 10 70 tho
human soul Nature praises God, heaven
adores him. but God waits yet for one other
note OF homage the sweetest 70 him OF ALL
beautiful selection We pass out OF the
psalms for G season. 1t II fitting close 10
this study of the lyrical portion of the
sacred word With these earnest. tender
strains Of praise TO God let us study
all the holy book and live all the holy life
The Psalms are. as some one has called
them. "the inspired response OF the human
heart 10 Gods revelation of himself. In law
and history and prophecy and philosophy"
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
Bless. In the sense of worship, adore.
The original meaning of the word is to
break or bend las OF the knee) Ills
holy name. Hebrew: the name of his
holiness. l. O., the attributes of his holy
nature.
Bless the Lord. The repetition suggests
the lyrical character OF the composition
-BeneAts An interesting word, liter
ally, bearings, department. Gods attt-
tude toward us. Same word as rewarded
In v. 10. Douay: "Never forget what he
hath done for thee.n
Who forgiveth. Or forgiving. Thus:
Forget not all his benefits, namely; for
giving all thine iniquities, healing all thy
diseases, etc, etc.-Diseases From the
verb to slacken. TO be weak. to be in pain.
Redeemeth. A strong word and of sacred
associations Ceremonially, to release or
recover what in devoted (Lev. 81; 13); also.
TO recover what Il sold or buy IL back from
Its possessor. Uev. 90; rs. )-Destruction,
or death, Rendered grave or pit at Job 80:
24i Ere 20: 6.-Crowneth. Same word
used at Ps. s: s. Rendered compass In Ps.
s.: IL (see Margin.)
5atisfeth. The word for full-rounded
completeness From IL comes our number
seven. the mnemonic for perfectness.-
Thy mouth. Rather thy life, or age, In con-
trast with the word youth In the same SEN
tence -ReRewed Freshness given In old
age.
Executeth or performe.h. A word for
the actual doing OF righteousness. OPP
pressed or defrauded. Justice for those
unjustly treated. Douay: All that suffer
wrong. The first meaning, however, Is
In applying this 70 the redemption which
Ii In Christ, who paid the debt We could not
pay.
His ways From the verb to step or
walk. Acts, or doings (Revision), same
word at Ps. o; IL Douay. His Wills.
Mercifui. Same word as tender mercies.
v. A-Slow to anger and plenteous In
mercy Literally, much or great In mercy.
The two phrases seem to balance each 9th :
er, like backward with his anger; ready
with his mercy.
Dealt Same word as executed In v. 6.
Rewarded. same word as benefits, v. 2
(worth noting). -According to our iniqui-
ties. We are dealt with not on the basis
OF works, which would mean death for US,
but of grace, which Is life.
As the heaven is high. measuring line
for Gods mercy. The Douay Is quite
literal and mindful of the context In rem
derlng this passage, according TO the height
of the heaven above the earth he hath
strengthened his mercy. towards them that
fear him. The verb means to bo strong.
We might understand 1t, 80 prevalent his
mercy. bringing out the comparative ele-
ment in the clause.
AS far as the east is from the west A
| yard-stick TO measure Gods forgiveness.
-Removed; a strong word, first mean
ing. to thrust or push OF, hence TO make
| distant
Glide. Or strive, contradictory his
anger. First meaning to keep watch, as OF
| n vineyard. The meaning seems to be that
| there Is coming time when Gods mont
| tive and retributive work shall have. as II
were. an end, his mercy putting all else
| out of sight.
Pitieth, same word translated merciful
| In v. 8, and tender mercies In v. 4.
Frame or framing, same word used OF
| creation at Gen. 2: ~. SOut OF the ground
the Lord God formed every beast Of the
| field Dust, as noted In the same chap
ter alluded to above, Cen 2: Z; CT Ps
| 119; rs.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES
| Forget not all his benefits And now fol-
| lows list OF these wondrous benefits tc
| wit: iniquities forgiven. diseases healed,
| life redeemed from destruction and crowned
| with loving kindness and tender mercies
! mouth satisfied with good things, youth re-
newed like the eagles. How many OF these
| things are you enjoyingf Certainly they
cannot be enjoyed II they are sforgotten.
| A great many souls there are who have
| never 20 much as thought that these bene-
| Ats were theirs, or that they come from
| Gods hands They are living right on a;
| almoners from the bounty of God ant
never thinking to return him praise. IL Is
/ worthy OF inquiry, too. whether there II
noe lurking intimation here OF benefits
| ignored and so forfeited 1t Is the promise
that most of us have forgotten, and only
those who accept and acknowledge enjoy
| the highest blessings of God. The rest &C
on living a poor half-empty life. They
have forgotten their position. Remember
| what Paul said TO the Romans: "The same
Lord over all is rich unto all that call upor
him. A rich Lord-does your faith realize
| such?
Who crowneth thee with loving kindness
| and tender mercies. The crown OF God
love. Now we may understand the margin
of that strong passage at Ps 5: IL: 1Witl
favor wilt crown him as with a shield.
Gods goodness to his people is both crow
and shield When men see Gods favor on
our brows they fear us. Be sure of this
the world Is afraid OF God-blest man
Know God--defy Satan. 1t is blessed +
see that this bestowment comes by God
! free grace. It is free and ready, for tn
Lord is aslow to anger and great for mercy,
4. G., he Is. as IL were, behipdhand with hi
wrath and beforehand with his forgiveness
It Is of grace; for she hath not dealt wit
us after our sins,n 1. O.. as we have treate
him, amor rewarded Hebrew benefted) u
according to our own iniquities" There
only one way of accounting Tor It, HI
loves us, and so he has put the crown Q
sonship on our brows- Loving kindnes
and tender mercies must needs accompany
s6urely goodness and mercy shall follo'
me all the days of my life"
He made known his ways unto Moses, hi
acts unto the children. May we not be jus
tilted in drawing n distinction between tn
two balancing words of this sentencef Tn
writer well recalls an intimation that cam
from the lips of DR.. Henson as he held us
moment in his genial. friendly way at hi
doorstep GHave you ever noticed" h
| aafd aon what snacfal terms of inttma G