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I. THE COMMENDABLE IN THE PAST.

1. The best choice has been made. The way of truth is the way of reality, in contradistinction to the way of sham and fiction.

2. The best guide has been followed. God's Word is the only true guide.

3. The best cause has been adhered to. Whatever else he had given up and forsaken, he had stuck to God's testimonies. "If ye continue in My Word, then are ye My disciples."

II. THE DESIRABLE IN THE FUTURE. "I will run," etc. "If ye love Me, keep My commandments."

1. The pursuance of the Divine law is essential to human happiness. Man can find no happiness in any way but in the way of God's commandments.

2. The enlargement of the human heart is essential to the pursuance of the Divine law. The moral heart of man is sadly contracted by selfishness and materialism. Love alone can expand it, and make it wide enough to embrace God and His universe.

(Homilist.)

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KJV: I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

WEB: I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.