Prayer for Our Country: Three Sermons (Classic Reprint)
by Samuel Miller
Excerpt from Prayer for Our Country: Three Sermons
This is part of King Solomon's prayer at the dedication of the temple. He was an inspired man, author of a considerable portionof the Old Testament Scriptures. That alone would strongly favour the conclusion, that this prayer was inspired; which is clearly proved by the facts, (1) that in an age when the leaders of religious worship were ordinarily, or often, moved by the Holy Ghost, Solomon was the divinely ap proved leader in the chief scene of the dedication services services undoubtedly the most important and impressive of the times (2) that the prayer was immediately acknowledged by fire, falling from heaven and consuming the sacrifices; as also by a visible, dazzling glory, which filled the temple 1 (3) that Jehovah afterwards, in vision, expressly promised the king to answer it,2 thus adopting it as the expression of his own truth, his own mercy, and his own good pleasure; and (4) that, with such attestations, it has been handed down to us as part of an inspired record. Regarding then the principles of God's government of men, as founded in his own nature and the nature of his creatures, and therefore as always remaining the same, we may safely conclude, that he still deals with nations accord ing to the principles of this prayer. On no other ground.
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This is part of King Solomon's prayer at the dedication of the temple. He was an inspired man, author of a considerable portionof the Old Testament Scriptures. That alone would strongly favour the conclusion, that this prayer was inspired; which is clearly proved by the facts, (1) that in an age when the leaders of religious worship were ordinarily, or often, moved by the Holy Ghost, Solomon was the divinely ap proved leader in the chief scene of the dedication services services undoubtedly the most important and impressive of the times (2) that the prayer was immediately acknowledged by fire, falling from heaven and consuming the sacrifices; as also by a visible, dazzling glory, which filled the temple 1 (3) that Jehovah afterwards, in vision, expressly promised the king to answer it,2 thus adopting it as the expression of his own truth, his own mercy, and his own good pleasure; and (4) that, with such attestations, it has been handed down to us as part of an inspired record. Regarding then the principles of God's government of men, as founded in his own nature and the nature of his creatures, and therefore as always remaining the same, we may safely conclude, that he still deals with nations accord ing to the principles of this prayer. On no other ground.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comwww.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Published October 9th 2018 by Forgotten Books (first published February 22nd 2012)
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Samuel Miller was a Presbyterian theologian who taught at Princeton Theological Seminary.
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