14. They delight in her so greatly that even her rubbish is dear to them.
It was a good omen for Jerusalem when the captives began to feel a
homesickness, and began to sigh after her. To the church of God no token can be
more full of hope than to see the members thereof deeply interested in all that
concerns her; no prosperity is likely to rest upon a church when carelessness
about ordinances, enterprises, and services is manifest; but when even the
least and lowest matter connected with the Lord’s work is carefully attended
to, we may be sure that the set time to favor Zion is come. The poorest church
member, the most grievous backslider, the most ignorant convert, should be
precious in our sight, because forming a part, although possibly a very feeble
part, of the new Jerusalem.
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