11. Be glad. Happiness is not only our
privilege, but our duty. Truly we serve a generous God, since he makes it a
part of our obedience to be joyful. In the Lord.
Here is the directory by which gladness is preserved from levity. We are not to
be glad in sin, or to find comfort in corn and wine and oil, but in our God is
to be the garden of our soul’s delight. And rejoice, ye righteous,
redouble your rejoicing, peal upon peal. Since God has clothed his choristers
in the white garments of holiness, let them not restrain their joyful voices,
but sing aloud and shout as those who find great spoil. And shout for joy,all ye that are upright in heart. Our happiness should be demonstrative;
chill penury of love often represses the noble flame of joy, and people whisper
praises decorously where a hearty outburst of song would be far more natural.
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