...unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! Lord ! I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place, where thine honour dwelleth. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the...

...feet of him that bringeth good tidings! &c. It makes them love God's public worship; Psal. xxvi. 8. Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelltth. And xxvii. .t. One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will 1 seek after, that I mny dwell...

...his attachment to the house of the Lord, I am reminded of the sweet psalmist of Israel, who said, ' I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.' How punctual to time ! Hovr regular in his attendance ! Little things did not keep him from the Lord'*...

...sake. His stamp and image on any thing makes it lovely to them, Psal. xxvi. 8. * Lord,' says David, ' I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.' Hence they love his truths, ordinances, and people. Which brings to a second particular. 2. He has...

...ungodly lusts; these be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. («) Lord, 1 have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. And I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord. (rt) How amiable arc thy...

...to say, nqt only ' 1 go to the house of (he Lord,' but ' I am glad when (hey say, Let us go up ! — Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy honour dwelleth !' ' • If so many principles operate to produce attendance on the gospel, men...

...Christian culture and Christian progress ; and while you meditate on these thoughts, say with David, " I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth." 1. Think of it as the signal ofap~ pointed intercourse with Heaven. The habitation of God's house is...

...were never made by hei ; on the contrary, she could adopt the language of the r>salmist,,andsay," 1 have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dxvelleih." She has been often known to express much concern and impatience lest any attentions to...

...object of the service, the Kev. John Presland preached a memorial sermon from the appropriate words, "LORD, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, and the place where Thine honour dwelleth" (Psalm xxvi. 8).* On Oct. 2nd Frederic Allen, aged fifty-two years, at the house of his brother, LP...

...O Lord. 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 "Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men : 10 In whose hands, is mischief: and...