And they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
Nehemiah 3:8
"Cities well fortified have broad walls,
and so had Jerusalem in her
glory.
The New Jerusalem must, in like manner,
be surrounded and
preserved
by a broad wall of nonconformity to the world,
and separation
from its customs and spirit.
The tendency of these days break down the
holy barrier,
and make the distinction between the church
and the world
merely nominal.
Professors are no longer strict and Puritanical,
questionable literature is read on all hands,
frivolous pastimes are
currently indulged,
and a general laxity threatens to deprive the Lord's
peculiar people of those sacred singularities which separate them from
sinners.
As friend met friend upon the city wall,
so meet thou thy God in the way
of holy prayer and meditation.
The bulwarks of salvation thou hast a
right to traverse, for thou art a freeman of the royal burgh, a citizen
of the metropolis of the universe."
Charles Spurgeon
