The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:6
Revivals; or, discerning the signs of the times. They who read the times, with keen interest in the spiritual vitality of the Church, cannot fail to recognize the need of spiritual revival. The features of religious life may, in essence, be those characteristic of every age, but there may be subtleties and severities in their forms and settings at particular seasons which make them unusually effective for evil. I. ONE SIGN OF OUR TIMES IS VASTLY INCREASED INTELLIGENCE ... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 85:6
Quickening as God's work. In his very striking image of the dry bones in the valley, the Prophet Ezekiel, in a most emphatic way, declares that "quickening," "requickening," is the work of God, and of God alone. When man works he must stop short at imparting life,—that is beyond him. He may copy the forms of living things, but at the end of all his works it must be said, "There is no breath in them." God gives all life. "Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and... read more