A Righteous Pulpit
Psalm 132:9
Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; and let your saints shout for joy.


We hear advocated, on platforms and elsewhere, different kinds of ministry. Some are urgent for a talented ministry. Some are urgent for an educated ministry. They insist on culture. Some are urgent for an evangelical ministry. The great want, however, is a righteous ministry.

I. A ministry that advocates THE PRINCIPLES OF RECTITUDE. The Sermon on the Mount should be the text and the imperial inspiration of every teacher.

II. A ministry that advocates the principles of rectitude Is AN HONEST WAY.

1. Conscientiously, believing in them.

2. Consistently, living them.

3. Independently, disregarding alike the frowns and smiles of men. A ministry, in fact, that "commends itself to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

III. A ministry that advocates the principles of rectitude FOR A RIGHT PURPOSE. Not for popularity, not for greed, not for sect, but for right. Such a ministry as this the people will believe in, trust, and follow.

(David Thomas, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.

WEB: Let your priest be clothed with righteousness. Let your saints shout for joy!"




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