...Character of Messiah's administration is righteousness. The sceptre of his kingdom is a right sceptre. If clouds and darkness are round about him, righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. In the times of old, his redeemed wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way ; but, nevertheless,...

...strength and force only, but " Glory and worship are before him, power and honour are in his sanctuary." " Clouds and darkness are round about him, righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat. There shall go a fire before him, and burn up his enemies on every side. His lightnings gave...

...even then " he is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works," Psal. cxlv. I7. " And when clouds and darkness are round about him, righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne," Psal. xcvii. 2. And when " his judgments are a great deep, his righteousness is like the...

...perpetual operation ; and, in the final result , they will appear with ineffable splendour and beauty. " Clouds and darkness are round 'about him : righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne." Under the administration of such a Being, all events will infallibly terminate well, —...

...Preached at Jewin-street Chapel, on Sunday Morning, Nov. 27, 1831. BY THOMAS WOOD. PSALM xcvii. 2. — Clouds and darkness are round about him : righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. " CANST thou by searching find out God ? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection...

...His way is in the sea, and his footsteps are not knownq:" but you must never forget, that though " clouds and darkness are round about him, righteousness and judgment are the basis of his throner." " What he does, you may not at present know : but you shall know hereafter":"...

...the text we have a concession made, perfectly consistent with the great truth before propounded : " Clouds and darkness are round about him : righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne." Two propositions are contained in this text, to which I now propose calling your attention....

...which, in spite of appearances to the contrary, maintains unwaveringly Jehovah's absolute justice. ' Clouds and darkness are round about him ; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat.' ' The waves of the sea ' — human misery and human wickedness — ' are mighty and rage...

...given to few to know him. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. These assurances are needed in such an hour, but for the thoughtful they are needed at...

...peculiar. Aggregated actions or changes are not expressive, but directly antagonistic to expression. Clouds and darkness are round about him : Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne. If these two lines in Psalm Ninety-seven are read over, they seem at first...