Psalm 122:6-9 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you.… I. THE GENIUS AND NATURE OF USEFUL TRUE, CONSISTENT PATRIOTISM. 1. It is a feeling natural to the human mind; the simple, the noble effect of qualities that are amiable and engaging. 2. It is also strongly approved of, beautifully enforced, and solemnly recommended by the language and example of unerring truth. II. HOW THIS DISPOSITION OUGHT ALWAYS TO BE CHERISHED AND INVARIABLY EXPRESSED. 1. By yielding a due obedience to her existing varied laws. 2. By carefully suppressing, not abetting, or encouraging, in the smallest degree, anything that wears a hurtful, seditious, inflammatory aspect. 3. By uniformly performing such actions as may best advantage the state. III. SOME OF THOSE OBLIGATIONS, UNDER WHICH WE ARE LAID THUS TO THINK, AND THUS TO ACT. 1. We are inhabitants of Britain, subjects of a free constitution, of wise and happy laws. Encircle the constitution with your love and obedience. Crown it with your prayers, and be glad that you are Britons. 2. Another obligation under which we are laid thus to think and thus to act, naturally springs from that countenance and protection which our present Church arrangement has new for so long so happily enjoyed. (A. Stirling, LL. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.WEB: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper. |
    |