Psalm 126:5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. : — I. SOME OF THE OCCASIONS ON WHICH WE ARE CALLED TO GO FORTH WEEPING. 1. Over our religious profession. There are many struggles between light and darkness; many battles between sin and holiness: nature and grace are at enmity one with another, and must be so till "this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality." 2. In the discharge of our duty. 3. When under the marked displeasure of God. II. THE PRECIOUS SEED WHICH WE ARE EXPECTED TO BEAR. 1. The seed of cheerful self-denial. 2. The seed of patient perseverance. 3. The seed of perfect submission to the will of God. 4. The seed of genuine holiness. III. THE HAPPY RESULTS EXPERIENCED. Even here we taste the fruits of the Spirit, the fruits of Divine love, and we become partakers of that happiness which the world cannot give, and which it is not in the power of the world to take away. But however much we may gather here, and whatever be the satisfaction which we experience from the blessedness of the harvest of Christianity in this world, the day of judgment will be the great harvest when we shall reap the labours of all our sowing. (W. Yate.) Parallel Verses KJV: They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. |
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