Parochial Lectures on the Psalms. Psalms 1-50

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt: ... it into his heavenly fold, and then the mother comes hastening after him. 2 Sam. xii. 23. A look only, brought Peter to his senses, and caused him to go out and weep bitterly. Luke xxii. 61, 62. The good Shepherd's eye and heart never cease to be on the soul in its wanderings, to revive the life expiring within it, and to lead it back into the green pastures and along the still waters he has chosen for it. If that life be as near to expiring as the spark on the end of the extinguished wick, he will not quench it, but kindle it into a blaze again. And how brighter than ever before does that blaze sometimes burn after having been thus rekindled! The spiritual life of David and Peter so burned, after their restoration. They followed the Shepherd more closely afterwards than they ever followed him before. The Shepherd healed them, and forgave them their wanderings, though they seem never to have forgiven themselves. Restoring love humbled them and attached them to the Shepherd of their souls, as nothing else could. It affects all true believers in the same way. "He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness." One of the principal cares of the shepherd is to conduct his flock along paths that they can travel with the least danger. He never leads them along rough and uneven paths, among thorns, and over rocks and mountains, except where their safety requires it. It is the same with the heavenly Shepherd. He always leads his flock in right paths; in paths along which they be may be sure that they can follow him in safety. These paths may not always be the most agreeable to our natural feelings, nevertheless they are paths in which no fatal evil can befall us. The right paths, or paths of righteousness, in which the good Shepherd leads the believer, are th...