1. Rejoice in the Lord. Joy is the soul of praise. To delight ourselves in God is most truly to
extol him, even if we let no notes of song proceed from our lips. That God is,
and that he is such a God, and our God, ours for ever and ever, should wake
within us an unceasing and overflowing joy. To rejoice in temporal comforts is
dangerous, to rejoice in self is foolish, to rejoice in sin is fatal, but to
rejoice in God is heavenly. He who would have a double heaven must begin below
to rejoice like those above. O ye righteous. This is your especial duty;
your obligations are greater, and your spiritual nature more adapted to the
work; be first then in the glad service. Even the righteous are not always
glad, and need to be stirred up to enjoy their privileges. For praise iscomely for the upright. God has an eye to things which are becoming. When
saints wear their choral robes, they look fair in the Lord’s sight.
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