Taylor: the seeds of praise

Tuesday, August 13, 2024
    Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667
    Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910
    Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912
Meditation:
The LORD upholds all those who fall
    and lifts up all who are bowed down.
    —Psalm 145:14 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Every furrow in the book of the Psalms is sown with such seeds [of praise and thanksgiving]. I know nothing more certain, more constant, to expel the sadness of the world, than to sound out the praises of the Lord as with a trumpet: and when the heart is cast down, it will make it rebound from earth to heaven.
    ... Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667), Christian Consolations, in The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D., v. I, London: Ogle, Duncan and Company, 1822, p. 131 (see the book)
    See also Ps. 145:14; 81:1; 135:3; 147:1; Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, we lift Your psalms in praise to You. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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