Psalm 144:11-15 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:… : — I. WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL PROSPERITY? 1. Independence. 2. Competent affluence. 3. Sufficient and suitable means of employment for all classes. 4. Freedom. 5. Good laws, well administered. 6. Peace — internal and external. 7. A government and magistrates of a good and excellent kind. 8. A revenue competent to all the purposes of a wise and righteous government. II. THESE ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS CANNOT BE OBTAINED OR PRESERVED EXCEPT BY THE INFLUENCE OF TRUE RELIGION. 1. The nature and tendency of what is opposed to religion. (1) Selfishness, which makes the heart hard. (2) Indolence and improvidence. (3) Intemperance. (4) Impurity. (5) Disregard to God. 2. True religion produces all those qualities which are the immediate spring and cause of prosperity and happiness. (1) A regard for God. (2) Thoughtfulness. (3) Truth. (4) A deep sense of the value of time, and the end of human existence. (5) Industry and diligence. 6. Attention to duty. 7. Temperance, chastity, etc. (J. P. Smith, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: |
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