Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) The Royal Exchange AND THE PALACE OF INDUSTRY. The Royal Exchange AND THE PALACE OF INDUSTRY; OR, THE POSSIBLE FUTURE OF EUROPE AND THE WORLD. In Three Parts. BY THE REV. THOMAS BINNEY. “THE EARTH IS THE LORD’S, AND ALL THAT THEREIN IS: THE COMPASS OF THE WORLD, AND THEY THAT DWELL THEREIN.” LONDON: THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY, DEPOSITORY, 56, PATERNOSTER-ROW, AND 65, ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD. 1851. PSALM XXIV. A PSALM OF DAVID. 1 THE EARTH IS THE LORD’S, AND THE FULNESS THEREOF; THE WORLD, AND THEY THAT DWELL THEREIN. 2 FOR HE HATH FOUNDED IT UPON THE SEAS, AND ESTABLISHED IT UPON THE FLOODS. 3 WHO SHALL ASCEND INTO THE HILL OF THE LORD? OR WHO SHALL STAND IN HIS HOLY PLACE? 4 HE THAT HATH CLEAN HANDS, AND A PURE HEART; WHO HATH NOT LIFTED UP HIS SOUL UNTO VANITY, NOR SWORN DECEITFULLY. 5 HE SHALL RECEIVE THE BLESSING FROM THE LORD, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM THE GOD OF HIS SALVATION. 6 THIS IS THE GENERATION OF THEM THAT SEEK HIM, THAT SEEK THY FACE, O JACOB. SELAH. 7 LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, O YE GATES; AND BE YE LIFT UP, YE EVERLASTING DOORS; AND THE KING OF GLORY SHALL COME IN. 8 WHO IS THIS KING OF GLORY? THE LORD STRONG AND MIGHTY, THE LORD MIGHTY IN BATTLE. 9 LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, O YE GATES; EVEN LIFT THEM UP, YE EVERLASTING DOORS; AND THE KING OF GLORY SHALL COME IN. 10 WHO IS THIS KING OF GLORY? THE LORD OF HOSTS, HE IS THE KING OF GLORY. SELAH. CONTENTS. PAGE PART I. EXPOSITORY. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION 3 THE DIVINE EXISTENCE AND PERSONALITY 9 CREATION 15 PROVIDENCE 24 PART II. INFERENTIAL. WORSHIP 44 CHARACTER 52 CHRIST 60 PART III. PROPHETIC.