"Joyful memories of 50 years ago". "The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad," Psalm 126:3. It is such a privilege to have memories of times which have the character of those days mentioned here by the Psalmist. Not every generation of God's people have such blessed mental souvenirs! The word 'when' suggests that the Psalmist is looking back and savouring the mercies of God enjoyed in former years. What mercies they were we enjoyed in Lisbellaw! They were of a time when God 'turned' the circumstances of His people. As I have often said, every breath of revival experienced by the Church of God is a foretaste of the coming of Christ in power and great glory. 50 years ago, a wonderful time of blessing was drawing very near to us in this part of the world. I. WHAT WE ARE MARKING TODAY IS WHAT GOD DID AMONGST US 50 YEARS AGO. Those who saw lives changed under their preaching back then must confess today that we see no such things under our preaching now! That highlights that it was GOD that worked. Man cannot glory in the events or claim credit for what happened in those blessed times half a century ago. II. WHAT THE LORD DID WAS A GREAT THING. Indeed, we have to note that it is in the plural in our text - 'great things'! III.THAT RECALLING THE TIMES OF MERCY AND BLESSING PROMPTS A LONGING FOR SUCH TIMES AGAIN My prayer is that God will be merciful to our land again, make us to REMEMBER the days of blessing of former times and prompt us to pray for them again.