...patriot Israelite ever sang of the place of his nativity with more enthusiasm, " Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." Our beloved parent's integrity and uniform consistency engaged our esteem, and the multiplied resources...

...Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not rememher thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. LESSON CLV. Returnfrom the Babylonish Captivity. THE word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,...

...the sentiments so beautifully recorded in the 137th Psalm. — If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth. If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Among these, Ezra was pre-eminently distinguished. He was a man of superior learning, and unquestionable...

...affections? Solely because they were in a strange land! ' If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,' they cried, 'let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy 1 .' And in accordance with this feeling, the first object which brought back the Jews in any great...

...Zion'." How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land'? If I forget thee', O Jerusalem',' let my right hand forget her cunning'. If I do not remember...mouth', if I prefer not Jerusalem* above my chief joy'. Version of the same. — BARLOW. ALONQ the banks where Babel's current' flows', Our captive bands in...

...with corresponding fervour recited the next words, "If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.'1 When they had completed the portion, Alick whispered, ' Who is the daughter of Babylon...

...of Zion. How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land ? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." (Psalm cxxxvii.) Such was the sorrowful lament of the Hebrew captives. It proves the estimation in which their...

...own hand shall wipe away All tears from Israel's eyes. * '• If I forget thec, O ! Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy."— Psalm cxxzvii. 5—6. A FATHER'S LAMENT FOR HIS FIRST BORN. She's gone ! that lovely flower, which late so...

...devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. " IF I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." This was the utterance of generous patriotism, and of ardent piety. To every true-hearted Jew, his...

...lost home that follows, the almost violent power continues: 53 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. The KJ V "forget her cunning," for the Hebrew tishkach, "let forget," is one of ^ those wonderful glossings...