...honor or advantage ; particularly a church living. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Psalm*. He that cometh after me is preferred before me ; for he was before me. John i. 15. In honour...

...rooms, when the house is all on fire. But a public spirit saith, " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy ;" Psal. cxxxvii. 5, 6. His love is to the church as the spouse of Christ, and as to the body of which...

...rooms, when the house is all on fire. But a public spirit saith, " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy ;" Psal. cxxxvii. 5, 6. His love is to the church as the spouse of Christ, and as to the body of which...

...remembrance of the desolation of Jerusalem. ' If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its cunning ; if I do not remember thee, let my tongue...mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.' It baa become an ordinance of their rabbins, in some places, that when a man builds a new house, he...

...from the interest of his cause ; that our vow is, " If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." Thus burying our own petty interests in the cause of Christ, let us go forth, with the resolution of...

...judgment; (Matt. xii. 36 ;) say then, as David, when you are in conference, "Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chiefest mirth ;" (Psal. cxxxvii. 5, 6 ;) and then you shall find the truth of that, " A wholesome...

...Though he himself was advanced and provided for, yet said he, " if I forget thee, О Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." When the temple was dedicated, Solomon, in his address to God, had thus expressed himself: " If thy...

...citizens of Zion every one of them can cordially join in saying, " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy."* — The degree of concern experienced by the children of God for the spiritual interests of Christ's...

...for the peace of Jerusalem ; they shall prosper that love thee. If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." If to David, and other godly persons, the land of Israel was dear, our land should be so to us. Did...

...he sees any idol preferred before him. The psalmist could say, If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning; if I do not remember...mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Similar must be our feelings with respect to Christ, if we would enjoy his presence. We must prefer...