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Morning, August 26 Go To Evening Reading "He hath commanded his covenant forever." —Psalms 111:9 The Lord's people delight in the covenant itself. It is an unfailing source of consolation to them so often as the Holy Spirit leads them into its banqueting house and waves its banner of love. They delight in contemplating the antiquity of that covenant, remembering that before the day-star knew its place or planets ran their round, the saints' interests were secured in Christ Jesus. It is peculiarly pleasing to them to remember the sureness of the covenant while meditating upon "the sure mercies of David." They delight in celebrating it a" "" "signed, sealed, and ratified, in all things ordered well."""” It often makes their hearts dilate with joy to think of its immutability as a covenant which neither time nor eternity, life nor death, shall ever be able to violate—a covenant as old as eternity and as everlasti...