The Psalter and the Sword

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Excerpt from The Psalter and the Sword: A Sermon Preached in the Broadway Tabernacle Church, on Thanksgiving Day November 27, 1862Text. - "Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand, to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people." - Ps. 149 : 5-8.Undisturbed repose, joyful confidence, devout gratitude, manly courage, unflinching resolve, should characterise the people of God, amid those great commotions that make bare His arm and vindicate His righteousness. The psalm is assigned to the time of Nehemiah, when the Jews, restored from captivity, rebuilt their capital in face of the enemy, working sword in band, and singing hallelujahs. The contrast of this reviving of national life and spirit with their previous despondency, runs by suggestion through every strophe of the psalm. Let those who had hung their harp upon the willows, now "sing unto the Lord a new song, " let the children of Zion, who wept when they remembered her beside the rivers of Babylon, again "be joyful in their king, " let those who gave their nights to lamentations, "now sing aloud upon their beds.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.