Chapter I: Front Matter

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.

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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.

THE ARGUMENT RECAPITULATED—THE RELIGIOUS ANTICIPATION OF THE
FUTURE ILLUSTRATED AND JUSTIFIED BY THE HOPES OF SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL PHILANTHROPY 88

UNIVERSAL THEISM 101

UNIVERSALITY OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP 104

THE SCRIPTURES WILL PURIFY AND RESTORE THE CHURCH 112

UNIVERSAL VIRTUE 117

NATIONALITIES 123

PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS 128

POSTSCRIPT.

THE EXHIBITION OPENED 149

PART I.

EXPOSITORY.