 | Timothy Dwight - 1819 - 618 pages
...and from age to age ; and piety and beneficence shine, like the sun, with perennial beams. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things are spoken of thee, O City of God, The Lord hath chosen Zion ; he hath desired it for... | |
 | Birmingham sacellum Erdingtoniense - 1821 - 644 pages
...hast holpen me, and comforted me. PSALM LXXXVII. 1IS foundation is in the holy mountains. 2 The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. 4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon... | |
 | 1822 - 550 pages
...than the most stately palace of the wicked, or the most sumptuous residence of the ungodly ; for he loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. May we obtain that faith in Christ Jesus — that submission to his divine will — that love for his... | |
 | Henry Martyn - 1822 - 386 pages
...household of faith. The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works; but The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. And so ought we. The household ot faith should be our peculiar care. The consideration of this duty... | |
 | Simeon Ashe - 1823 - 232 pages
...order of private families to the order of the great family of heaven, the church of Christ ? " The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob." I take the liberty of stating here a few reasons for frequent and intimate social worship. 1st. Christians... | |
 | John William Cunningham - 1823 - 378 pages
...hill of Sion." Zion, moreover, is described as the peculiar object of the Divine regard : " The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob :" " The joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion." In like manner, that '• city" of the " living God,"... | |
 | 1867 - 348 pages
...and Song at the Dedication of the House of David.' We read in one of the Psalms,§ that ' the Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.' He specially loves ' the gates of Zion,' because there is offered within them the united worship of... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.— Ps. Ixxxiv. 1. 4. 7. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob : glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God, &c. and of Zion it shall be said, This and that... | |
 | John Thornton - 1824 - 396 pages
...not called the house of instruction, or the house of sacrifice, but the house of prayer. " The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob." Hence God so often commanded the people to seek him in his sanctuary, and wait for his blessing there.... | |
 | John Jones (perpetual curate of Cradley, Worcs.) - 1824 - 104 pages
...I in the midst of them." Matt, xviii, 20. " The Lord is in his holy temple." Ps. xi, 4. " The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob." Ps. Ixxxvii, 2. And the Lord promises also to make his people " joyful in his house of prayer." Isa.... | |
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And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. 
