Word: psalmist
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...speak through the psalmist who wrote: O daughter of Babylon, . . . Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. ( PSALMS...
...psalmist promised to the faithful freedom from both sunstroke and moonstroke. The meaning of the first of these is clear--especially in the hot climate where the psalm was written. But to most people at the present day the second promise is either meaningless, or a reminder of an ancient, and obsolete superstition that the shining of the moon on the face during sleep will cause insanity a superstition still preserved in our word lunatic...
...help to shape a nation's destiny. In that nation, your record shall stand beside the names of those who founded the Republic, made it secure, and led it forward toward new heights of happiness and truth. In a life which has far outrun the ancient limit of the Psalmist, you have not ceased to love justice and to point steadfastly toward wisdom. Where you have led, a nation follows. We greet you, then, speaking from the heart in words which through the generations have expressed the full measure of gratitude for service given without stint...
...noble relation between David and Jonathan, and especially on the difficult position held by the son of Saul, between loyalty to his father and eager devotion to his friend. The whole Bible story of David and Jonathan was briefly retold and followed with the reading of the psalmist's lament, "How are the mighty fallen...
...most of the pieces in the "Juvenile Lyre" (Boston, 1832), and from the "Conversations-Lexicon" nearly enough articles to fill a volume of the Encyclopedia Americana (1828-32). His collections of original hymns, poetry, and poetical translations have been published under the title of "Lyric Gems" (Boston, 1843); "The Psalmist," a noted Baptist hymn book (1843), and "Rock of Ages" 1866-77). Other writings by him are "Life of Rev. Joseph Grafton" (1818), "Missionary Sketches" (1879-1883), "History of Newton, Mass." (1880), "Rambles in Mssion Fields" (1884), and contributions to numerous periodicals...