Homilist Psalm 48:3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. It is not the nation makes the people, but the people make the nation. On the rulers depends the nation's prosperity. When God is honoured in the palace He will be worshipped in the cottage. When Atheists make laws, sedition will be the offspring. I. INFLUENCE ALWAYS DESCENDS. It is like the rain and dew. The less follow the great. Great power, great wealthy, great minds always lead. II. THE GREAT AFFECT THE GREAT. The kings of the earth saw and were troubled. Palace religion is more displayed than that of the cottage. God has His own work for the insignificant, but the great have also their higher sphere. III. NATIONAL RELIGION IS NATIONAL PRESERVATION. The kings hasted away. Their hostility was vain in the presence of Him who was the Refuge of the palace. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: God is known in her palaces for a refuge. |
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