ABSTRACT
This Psalm, described in this chapter, is one of the most exact Allegories of all antiquity. Christianity was first revealed and embraced in the eastern parts of the world. At length, it crossed the vast Atlantic; and, in the settlement of the colonies, a large inheritance was added to the Kingdom of Jesus, in the remotest parts of the west. The Conversion of nations has often been brought about when but least expected, and by means which, to human foresight, seemed the least probable. Happiness, however, is a complex thing, compounded of many ingredients; and the road to attain it has its labyrinths and windings, not to be travelled, but with caution and foresight. Nevertheless, a person, who knows himself endued with reason and understanding, will not be content to take his knowledge entirely at second hand. Every thing which human reason would desire to know is fully brought to light in the Gospel.
