Psalm 65:11 You crown the year with your goodness; and your paths drop fatness. I shall use our text not in reference to the outside world and to the husbandry of man, but we shall see how true it is within the Church, which is the husbandry of God. I. THE DIVINE GOODNESS ORDERED. "Thou crownest the year," etc. Now, praise must be for God alone: not for any man, however helpful to your souls he may have been. And in this spirit of praise every action of the Church ought to be performed. We shall be helped to praise by remembering how God has answered our prayers; and this in spite of our sins; and what sacred privileges He has admitted us to. II. THE ENCIRCLING BLESSING OF THE DIVINE GOODNESS IS TO BE CONFERRED. "Thou crownest the year," etc. See it in the history of our own Church. III. AND THIS, ALSO, IS OF GOD. Again, we look back on the same history for these last twenty-five years, and we see the goodness of God everywhere. In conversions, in consistent character maintained, in triumphant departures to heaven. Let more come to Him now. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.WEB: You crown the year with your bounty. Your carts overflow with abundance. |
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