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<font size="4">C.H. Spurgeon said</font>
LOVE THE CHURCH


'Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for
the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come. For
thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor
the dust thereof. ' -Psalm 102:13-14


YES, our prayers for the church will be heard. The set time is come. We love the prayer meeting, and the Sunday-school, and all the services of the Lord's house. We are bound in heart to all the people of God and can truly say,

'There's not a lamb in all thy flock
I would disdain to feed;
There's not a foe before whose face
I'd fear thy cause to plead.'

If this is the general feeling, we shall soon enjoy times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord. Our assemblies will be filled, saints will be revived, and sinners will be converted. This can only come of the Lord's mercy; but it will come, and we are called upon to expect it. The time, the set time, is come. Let us bestir ourselves. Let us love every stone of our Zion, even though it may be fallen down. Let us treasure up the least truth, the least ordinance, the least believer, even though some may despise them as only so much dust. When we favour Zion, God is about to favour her. When we take pleasure in the Lord's work, the Lord Himself will take pleasure in it.[/color]

A invited preacher? recently visited our church and preached two sermons on the sluggard without ever mentioning the Lord Jesus Christ or His finished work. How can I love a church that allows that?