There is a joy independent of all passing circumstances and deeper than all others because it is nearer to, yea, it is the one spring of all joy. It is of the deepest moment that we-that all saints-should heed the call. It is due to Him, in whom we are exhorted to rejoice, that we should bear a true testimony in this respect.
The Holy Spirit is in us to give us a divine appreciation of the Lord. May we be enabled by faith, heartily, simply, alone or with others, in public and in private, to "rejoice in the Lord."
Joy in the Lord is the truest safeguard against the religious snares of the enemy. Where the truth is known, the grand thing is to have the affections kept on the right object and withal in happy liberty. [13]