...will add splendour to a diadem. King David never appeared more illustrious than when he exclaimed, "Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee." Perhaps much of that deadness, and coldness, and leanness, of which Christians justly complain, may...

...Spirit from me — Restore unto " me the joy of thy salvation, and up" hold me with thy free spirit — then '' will I teach transgressors thy ways, " and sinners shall be converted unto " thee. Nor was this all." The remembrance of his faults, even in his better days, operated on his mind with...

...Spirit from me. Restore unto " me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy " free spirit ; then will I teach transgressors thy ways, " and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Open " thou my lips, and my mouth shall shew forth thy ** praise." Fulfil your engagements ; follow...

...had done amiss. He pleads for a sense of Divine forgiveness to fit him for being useful to others ; " Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee." The idea of having shed innocent blood, haunted his imagination, and pursued his guilty conscience,...

...teach others the laws of God ; but when he prayed to God to restore him to a free spirit, he adds ; Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee /t till then it was to no purpose for him to preach. But thou, when thou art converted, said Christ...

...Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, 0 God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of...

...might enable him to act as became a Prophet and a king, free from base desires and enslaving lusts. 13. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee. He that would employ his abilities, his influence, and his authority, in the reformation of others, must...

...iniquity; cleanse me from my sin. Create in me a clean heart, () God ! and renew a right spirit in me. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee." How precious, how inestimably precious, arethe Sacred Scriptures ; even the smallest portion of them,...

...spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and uphold me with thy free spirit. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways ; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 1 4 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud...

...locked up from him: "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free Spirit; then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee." Psalm li. 12, 13. Pray mark, it was not his liquorish palate after the sweet taste of this wine of...