4. All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee. Everyone must prostrate themselves before thee, but a time will come
when they will do this cheerfully: to the worship of fear will be added the
singing of love. They shall sing to thy name. The nature and works of
God will be the theme of earth’s universal song, and he himself will be the
object of the joyful adoration of our emancipated race. Acceptable worship not
only praises God as the mysterious Lord, but it is rendered fragrant by some
measure of knowledge of his name or character. God would not be worshiped as an
unknown God, nor have it said of his people, “Ye worship ye know not what.” May the
knowledge of the Lord soon cover the earth, so that the universality of
intelligent worship may be possible. Throughout all Old Testament writings,
there are intimations of the future general spread of the worship of God.
Perverted Judaism may be exclusive, but the religion of Moses, and David, and
Isaiah was not so. Selah. A little pause for holy expectation. No
meditation can be more joyous than that excited by the prospect of a world
reconciled to its Creator.
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