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I. IT IS SEEN IN THE FAVOURS WHICH HEAVEN CONFERS UPON REMOTE POSTERITY FOR THEIR SAKE. God blesses children's children, unborn generations, for the sake of a holy ancestor. David may be selected as an example of this (1 Kings 11:11-13; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19).

II. IN THE GOOD WHICH THE ALMIGHTY ACCOMPLISHES BY THEIR INSTRUMENTALITY THROUGH DISTANT TIMES.

1. By their biography.

2. By their literary productions.

III. IN THE CONNECTION OF THEIR LABOURS WITH THE INDESTRUCTIBLE CONSCIOUSNESS OF MEN. The saved and the lost will remember their counsel, their reproofs, their exhortations, their sermons, their prayers, for ever and ever.

IV. IN THE BLESSINGS WHICH THE ALMIGHTY WILL IMPART TO THEM THROUGH ALL ETERNITY. The subject teaches —

(1) The immense value of a righteous man in society. His usefulness is as permanent as the stars.

(2) The best method of achieving lasting fame. Usefulness alone can give it.

(Homilist.)

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KJV: Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

WEB: For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.