UNTO THY NAME GIVE GLORY --- Psalm 115:1.
"Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory." --- Psalm 115. 1.
How little reason have we to glory in anything of our own, since nothing but sin is ours, which even defiles that which is of God!
O Lord, grant that I may always give thee the praise of thy own, and may learn to delight and glory in thee, having no other aim but to walk before thee in godly simplicity and sinserity; for "he that walketh uprightly walketh surely," Proverbs 10:9.
All disquiet of mind ariseth from our own lusts and umortified tempers, which make the bosom like a troubled sea. And no settled calm shall we find till we have a single eye to God's glory, and can count ourselves worthy of no good. Then we may draw comfort out of trouble, and learn to praise the Lord, both for what he giveth and for what he taketh away; being sure that all things are working together for good, and tending to God's glory, which he knows best how to promote, and that nothing but sin can make us unhappy and miserable.
Great God, how infinite art thou!
What worthless worms are we!
Let the whole race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to thee.
Our lives through various scenes are drawn,
And vex'd with trifling cares;
While thine eternal thought moves on,
Thine undisturb'd affairs.