Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 148:8

Canon Liddon preached in St. Paul's on Sunday afternoon, December 23, 1883, and took for his text Ps 148:8, Wind and storm fulfilling his word. He spoke of the divine use of destructive forces.

1. In the physical world we see wind and storm fulfilling God's word. a) The Bible occasionally lifts the veil, and shows us how destructive forces of Nature have been the servants of God. b) Modern history illustrates this vividly.

2. In the human, spiritual, and moral world, we find new and rich application of the words of the text. a) In the State we see the storm of invasion and the storm of revolution fulfilling God's word. b) In the Church we see the storm of persecution and the storm of controversy fulfilling God's word. c) In the experience of individual life we see outward troubles, and inward storms of religious doubts fulfilling God's word. —The Contemporary Pulpit, 1884.