Psalm 48:12-14 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.… I. THE CHURCH OF GOD IS OUR BIRTHPLACE. Angels said, "This man was born there." II. THE CENTRE OF OUR CHIEF SOCIAL ATTRACTIONS. Are not our grandest associations connected with the house of God? These are the men that are to stand by us in times of trouble. These are they who are to counsel us when we go astray. These are the men who are to carry us out to our last slumber when we have done with our earthly toil. Oh! I want to be surrounded by church friends, some to counsel me, some to encourage me, some to cheer me and strengthen me. I want to sit with them, and sing with them, and pray with them, and die with them. III. THE HOME OF OUR CHILDREN. IV. A REFUGE. Seafaring men do not always expect smooth sailing. Neither ought we on the sea of life always expect to have smooth sailing. You have not always had it the way you wanted it in the past. You will not always have it the way you want it in the future. But when trouble came you went into the house of God and found it a refuge. You had your troubles explained to you. V. OUR MONUMENT. It seems a very silly thing to expend one or two or three thousand dollars on a tombstone. But that which you do for the Church of God is your eternal monument. It is a living memento. VI. The GATE OF HEAVEN. (T. De Witt Talmage.) Parallel Verses KJV: Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. |
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