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#5.
Meditation.
p. 151
(A)
ITS OBJECT.
(1)
GOD'S WORD . . . . . Josh. i. 8; Psa. i. 2; cxix. 15, 23, 48, 78.
(2)
GOD'S WORK . . . . . Psa. lxxvii. 12; cxliii. 5.
(3)
GOD HIMSELF . . . . Psa. lxiii. 6; civ. 34 (Never self or sin).
(B)
ITS NATURE
(1)
PERSONAL . . . Psa. civ. 34. \ (*Psa. lxxi. 24; *lxxvii. 12; *cxix. 27;
(2)
REAL . . . . .
Psa. xlix. 3. }
*Prov. vi. 22).
(3)
VERBAL . . . . . Psa. v. 1
/
[* - Talk].
(C)
ITS TIMES.
(1)
DAY . . . . .
Psa. cxix. 97 . . . . . That is to say God first.
(2)
EVENING . . . Gen. xxiv. 63 . . . After work is done.
(3)
NIGHT . . . . . Psa. lxiii. 6 . . . . . That is to say God last.
(D)
ITS ELEMENTS.
(1)
REMEMBRANCE OF THE PAST . . . . . Psa. cxix. 23.
(2)
REALIZATION OF THE PRESENT . . . Psa. cxix. 97.
(3)
RESOLVES FOR THE FUTURE . . . . .
Psa. cxix. 15.
(E)
ITS BLESSINGS.
(1)
SPIRITUAL STRENGTH . . . . . Psa. i. 2 . . . . . Power to resist.
(2)
SPIRITUAL SUCCESS . . . . .
Josh. i. 8, 9 . . . Power to bless.
(3)
SPIRITUAL SATISFACTION . . . Psa. civ. 34 . . . Power to enjoy.
(F)
ITS APPLICATION.
"Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting
may appear to all" (I Tim. iv. 15).