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Our Daily Homily - Volume 1
Devotional: October 27th

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1 Kings 10:9—Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee.

There were two reasons why Solomon was on the throne. First, because of God’s love to him; secondly, because of God’s love to Israel. May we not address our Savior with similar expressions of gladness as those which the queen addressed to a less than He?

How well it is, now and again, to let ourselves go in exuberant adoration! Prayer is good, but it may revolve too largely about our own needs and desires: thanks are right, when we have received great benefits at His hands; but praise is best, because the heart forgets itself and earth and time, in enlarged conceptions of its adorable Lover and Savior.

We are reminded in this connection of a noble hymn of old John Ryland:—

"Thou Son of God, and Son of Man,

Beloved, adored Emmanuel,

Who didst, before all time began,

In glory with Thy Father dwell:

"We sing Thy love, who didst in time,

For us, humanity assume,

To answer for the sinner’s crime,

To suffer in the sinner’s room.

"The ransomed Church Thy glory sings,

The hosts of heaven Thy will obey;

And, Lord of lords, and King of kings,

We celebrate Thy blessed sway."

We can never praise Him enough. Our furthest thoughts fall short of the reality. His wisdom and prosperity exceed His fame. No question He cannot answer; no desire He cannot gratify; no munificence He cannot excel. Happy are they who stand continually before Him. Let us see that this is our happy privilege; not content to pay Him a transient visit, returning to our own land, but communing with Him always of that which is in our heart.

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