...in the days of old has left this record of the spirit and manner in which he sought : — " Like as the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come, and appear before God !"...

...the dwellings of Jacob." We sometimes are able to adopt the 'language of the Psalmist, and say, *' As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, Q God ;" and it is a happy frame, too, when we can say it: and yet never were any so desirous of meetVOL....

...Gives the soul an appetite for the bread and water of life, and for the righteousness of faith. " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God." Divine life gives the soul motion ; it moves in heart and mind toward God, as the poor prodigal...

...water is : To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in thy sanctuary." Ixiii. 1, 2. " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, () God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God ; when shall I come and appear before God i"...

...languishing graces of the Christian revive, and he is ready to exclaim with the saints of old, " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God! Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound ; they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of...

...psalmist, when he speaks concerning the ardency of his affections to God, he says, Psal. 42. 1. " as the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God : my soul thirsteth for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?" These...

...tears, of the blessed St. Francis, often repeating his last words, " O! my B 2 God, my desire is to thee. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God! Yes, mine eyes shall behold thee, and not another; my heart and my flesh rejoice before the...

...in competition with i 3 them! Thou art the source and centre of all my wishes and desires; even as the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God! Oh! when shall I appear in thy presence? When, when shall that blessed time come, that I shall...

...with David, My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Whatever be the occasion of depression, the heart knoweth its own bitterness. Every man best...

...July 13. I awoke this morning prepared to adopt the language ot the pious Psalmist, and say, ' ^ As the hart panteth -after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, Oh God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God." Most of the day was in the same frame of mind...