ALL PRAISE BE UNTO CHRIST JESUS FOR EVER
"The praise of all His saints." - Psalm 148:14 [KJV] And who is this, my soul, but Jesus? Is He not indeed both the praise and the glory, the delight and the joy, the portion and the happiness of all His people? His saints, doth it say? Yes, saints, made so by His righteousness and salvation, when taken from among sinners; and when themselves sinners, He hath washed them in His blood, clothed them with His garment of salvation, and granted them an inheritance among the saints in light. And is He not their praise? Indeed, is there any other the object of their praise, to whom they look up, in whom they delight, but Him, in whom God their Father hath made them accepted in Him, the Beloved? Say then, my soul, is He not thy praise this day; and will He not be thine everlasting, unceasing praise, every day, and all the day, and through the endless day of eternity? Who shall be thy praise but Jesus; His beauty, His glory, His excellency; in whom all divine perfections centre?