...Babylon concerning their dear native city Jerusalem : " If I fcn-get thee," O blessed Jesus, " let my right hand forget her cunning; If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the rouf of my mouth," Psal. cxxxvii. 5, 6. Remember thee ! Ay, ray dear Lord,...

...Pray for them. And let it be the resolution of every Christian, If I forget tJiee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning; if I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy. But, brethren,...

...private felicities, in the common distresses of the universal body. If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning ; if I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth. Many Jews went up from Babylon and Shushan, to Jerusalem...

...spirit, if not in words, the earnest aspiration of the Psalmist, " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning ; if I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth : yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth V There was the...

...feel as the writer of one of the psalms felt, when he said, "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem, (meaning the Church of God,) ABOVE MY CHIEF JOY." THE END. ...

...thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple." (Pa. v. 1.) " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning : if I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth." (Ib. cxxxvii....

...of Sion. How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land ? If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; Yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth. Remember the...

...whole desire." Such was the kindred feeling of the Psalmist — " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." [Ps. cxxxvii. 5, 6.] Such also was the mind of the pious...

...the house of the Lord !" Well might he say in another place, " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy!" Once...

...glorifies him ; and every faithful minister is enabled to say to him, " If I forget thee, O Jesus, let my right hand forget her cunning ; if I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." The gospel glorifies Christ, 2. By exalting him. Oh, in...