~NEHEMIAH.....And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. *THERE is something very impressive in the description that is given of Nehemiahs taking his solitary ride by night around the dilapidated ruins of the holy city, preparatory to the effort which he was about to undertake towards its restoration. It was a melancholy sight that he saw, the gates were all consumed with fire, the roads were obstructed with rubbish, the city sat solitary that was once full of people, and Zion was a desolation. This was one of the great crises in the history of the Jewish Church: when amid conflict and controversy, it emerged from a state of depression and servitude, into a condition of higher spiritual culture than it had ever known before. It was the discipline of adversity and suffering which developed the highest style of faith under the ancient dispensation; it was from the land of captivity that the loftiest strains of inspired prophecy went forth, and the most fervent prayers that ever came from Jewish lips, were offered amid the idolaters of Babylon.~
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 11:17:00 +0000
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