...fearers of the Lord have always felt a desire after, and a delight in, public ordinances. The Lord loved the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob ; and accordingly " thither the tribes went up to Israel's testimony, to give thanks to the name of the Lord."...

...fearers of the Lord have always felt a desire after, and a delight in, public ordinances. The Lord loved the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob ; and accordingly " thither the tribes went up to Israel's testimony, to give thanks to the name of the Lord."...

...be called by his name. At Salem was his tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion. The Lord loved the gates of Zion, more than all the dwellings of Jacob." And the church, in all ages, has thought it fit, to separate some places from vulgar and common use, and...

...particularly verses 41, 42, and 43, which relate to a case precisely similar to that of Ruth. God loved the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob, and there he manifested his glory to his true worshippers : how then could any, whose judgment was guided...

...has heard their cry, and helped them." Need we wonder, then, that they, as well as he, " should love the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob," and should count " a day in his courts better than a thousand" spent any where else. This recognition of...

...the truth does not sanction, let this conviction come up with all its force, that "the Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob:" and let this thought quicken your step to the place where God hath chosen to place his name. Every Sabbath...

...the truth does not sanction, let this conviction come up with all its force, that "the Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob:" and let this thought quicken your step to the place where God hath chosen to place his name. Every Sabbath...

...of the Holy One of Israel." The Lord declares he has chosen this city for his habitation, and that he loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Glorious things arespoken of this city of God. Recalls if'the mount of his holiness" — "the perfection...

...world, set his affections on things above, make him a sincere seeker after salvation, cause him to love the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob, and lead him into a determined war with all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, setting up the fear...

...be called by his name. At Salem was his tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion. The Lord loved the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. And the church, in all ages, hath thought it fit to separate some places from vulgar and common use, and...