Homilist Psalm 85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. I. The history of earth will one day be CHARACTERIZED BY MORAL PROSPERITY. Truth — what a seed is this! The deadly foe of all falsehoods and wrongs, the root of virtue, the river of joy. Two things are implied in this growth of truth — 1. The preparation of the soil. 2. The implantation of the seed. II. The moral prosperity of earth will be A SOURCE OF DELIGHT TO HEAVEN. "More joy... over one sinner," etc. What is the joy? 1. It is the joy of benevolence. A delight springing from the discovery of an increase of happiness in the universe. 2. It is the joy of piety. It is a delight to discover that, instead of a world of rebels, it is a world of loyal subjects. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.WEB: Truth springs out of the earth. Righteousness has looked down from heaven. |
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