Homilist Psalm 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for your name's sake. I. The highest DIVINE TITLE. "God of our salvation." God in creation appears transcendently great; but in salvation we see — 1. A higher kind of power: moral power; the power to manage, master, and mould free rebellious intelligences. 2. A higher love. The love of compassion, forbearance, forgiveness. II. The highest HUMAN PRIVILEGE. To be saved involves the restoration oral. 1. A lost moral life. 2. Lost harmony. 3. Lost usefulness. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. |