The Present Times
J. A. James. Psalm 119:126-128 It is time for you, LORD, to work: for they have made void your law.… I. WHAT ARE THOSE EVILS EXISTING IN OUR COUNTRY AND TIME WHICH SEEM TO RENDER THE PRESENT A SEASON THAT NEEDS GOD'S SPECIAL INTERPOSITION? 1. The prevalence of infidelity. 2. Consider the taste for pleasure, which at the present day is continually increasing and pervading all ranks of society. 3. Nor must I forget that confederation which is undoubtedly going forward at the present time to rob us of our English Sabbath. 4. Is the Church in that spiritual state that any of us could wish? Has not the spirit of trade, by its intensity, by its rash speculations, by its absorbing power, by its money-loving spirit, eaten into and eaten out the heart of the vital piety of the Church? II. THE INFLUENCE WHICH THE EVILS THAT I HAVE MENTIONED OUGHT TO HAVE UPON THE CHURCH'S MIND. 1. Should it not produce a deep and heart-affecting concern over the prevalence of iniquity in the world, and the comparative lukewarmness of the Church? 2. With this must be connected the spirit of earnest, believing, prevailing prayer. 3. All this is to be an individual concern. (J. A. James.) Parallel Verses KJV: It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law. WEB: It is time to act, Yahweh, for they break your law.