Outlines of Four Hundred Sermons Psalm 67:1-7 God be merciful to us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine on us; Selah.… I. THAT GOD'S WAY IS NOT AT PRESENT KNOWN IN ALL THE EARTH, NOR HIS SAVING HEALTH AMONG ALL NATIONS. II. THAT IT IS GOD'S WILL THAT HIS WAY SHOULD BE KNOWN IN ALL THE EARTH, AND HIS SAVING HEALTH AMONG ALL NATIONS. This is demonstrable — 1. From all those passages of Scripture which teach that all nations are to be blest in Christ. 2. From our Lord's commission to His apostles. 3. From our Lord's parables of the mustard seed and the leaven. III. THAT THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY HUMAN INSTRUMENTALITY. IV. THAT THE DIRECT INSTRUMENTS TO BE EMPLOYED IN MAKING GOD'S WAY KNOWN IN ALL THE EARTH ARE HIS OWN PEOPLE. Other instruments are frequently employed as their harbingers. Such are war and commerce. These remove obstructions, level mountains, fill valleys, drain marshes, and build bridges. They have been the precursors of the Gospel in many places, particularly in the East. But the direct instruments of making the way of the Lord known, are His own people. 1. By an enlightened, pious, and zealous ministry. 2. By the consistent piety of Christ's people. 3. By their individual and united exertions to promote the cause of Christ.CONCLUSION. 1. If piety be necessary to usefulness, let us pray for an increase of it in ourselves and others. 2. If many of our own countrymen are yet strangers to God's way, let us labour to instruct them. 3. If hundreds of millions in other lands are perishing for lack of knowledge, let us cheerfully contribute our mite to the support of pious missionaries, and pray the Lord of the harvest to send forth more labourers into the harvest. (Outlines of Four Hundred Sermons.) Parallel Verses KJV: {To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song.} God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.WEB: May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah. |
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