 | 1859 - 632 pages
...is the soul -reviving view Of Jesus and His word ? You can enter into Job's feelings when he said, "Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days...when by His light I walked through darkness ; as I wj in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle (Job xxix. 2— 4). Now,... | |
 | Bernard Barton - 1826 - 280 pages
...still remain The vice and pain, — Good, and its joy, the Lord's alone. MOURNFUL RECOLLECTIONS. " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when...shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked throogh darkness." — Job.xxix. 2, 3. MOURNFUL it seems in darken'd days To turn to hours more blest... | |
 | 1826 - 436 pages
...I let my beloved go from me ? How melancholy is my condition! O^thatl were as in months past, as'in the days when God preserved me ; — when his candle...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness. O my Saviour, bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy great name ; — that I may show forth... | |
 | William Brown - 1826 - 718 pages
...pavilidrts" May riot these serve to explain the words df Job, art Arab emir or chiefj when he says,c " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me, when his candle shined upon my heidd, dnd when by his light I Walked through darkness ?" For, may he not here allude to the lamps... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 902 pages
...* candle shined upon my head, and when by yuc. 2iso. his light I walked through darkness ; ^ — 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of * ' ""* God was upon my tabernacle ; 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me ; 6 When I washed my steps with... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...from evil is understanding. ГНАР. XXIX. MOREOVER, Job continued his parable, and said, A 2 Oh mat t done evil ; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked tlnvugh darkness ; 6 4 As I... | |
 | John Gamble - 1826 - 374 pages
...though he did not drink butter, made almost as singular a use of it. " O that I were," exclaimed he, " as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me. When I washed my steps with butter, and the rocks poured me out rivers of oil." " These mountains of yours,"... | |
 | William Ford Vance - 1827 - 376 pages
...gloominess; and the language of the believer's heart is, " Oh, that it were with me as in months past, when His candle shined upon my head, and when by His light I walked in darkness'' —Return, Oh, Lord, how long ?—" Lift up the light of Thy countenance and I shall... | |
 | Edward Berens - 1828 - 194 pages
...of life. Often no doubt in the bitterness of our souls we shall feel disposed to exclaim with Job, " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle V But still let us endeavour not to give way to these ime Job xxix. 2 — 4. o pressions, still let... | |
 | 1828 - 318 pages
...pleasures and enjoyments of life have their full taste and relish. So Job describes hthe days of his youth; 'Oh! that I were as in months past, as in the days...through darkness, as I was in the days of my youth, &c.' 'Thou art inexcusable, O man, whoever thou art,' if thou art unmindful of God in the best age... | |
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Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me: When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness... 
