Nehemiah 4:9 Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. The ancient Jerusalem was but an imperfect type of the true city of God, which through the ages prophets have panted for and poets have sung, a city of truth, and righteousness and love; of liberty, equality, and fraternity, in a far fuller sense of the words than Rousseau dreamed of. For ages men have been building against opposition malignant and persistent, and with sure if slow progress. And we are building to-day. In a moment of pause we look round and still we say, "There is much rubbish." What rubbish do you meet with. — I. IN ENGLISH LAW. II. IN ENGLISH SOCIETY. III. IN ENGLISH LIFE. IV. IN CHURCH LIFE. V. IN OUR LIBRARIES. VI. IN NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. VII. IN OUR MINDS. VIII. IN OUR HEARTS. (David Brook, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.WEB: But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. |
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