...eldest sister! beautiful sister! Mother that should have been! . .. . How desolate and weary I am! ' Oh, that I had wings like a dove, then would I flee away, and be at rest!'.... Ah, Prophet and King! if such was thy desolation when hated and scorned of all men, what must the poor,...

...jar and conflict of society, anil seeks in the shades of solitude the peace for which it sighs. " Oh that I had wings like a dove ! then would I flee away and be at rest. Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. I would hasten my escape from the windy...

...path ; an<| tich no sonl can come again from beyond the - tb' gather. 2N " King David once said, ' Oh, that I had wings like a dove, then would I flee away and be at rest.' It was his Jewish, but it is no Christian desire. We Christians would not flee away, even to heavenly...

...corruption. "Oh, that I had wings like a dove!" who has not often felt and cried with David ? " Oh that I had wings like a dove, then would I flee away and be at rest. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest." Not that we ought to desire that which...

...— beautiful sister ! — Mother that should have been ! . . . . How desolate and weary I am ! ' Oh, that I had wings like a dove, then would I flee away, and be at rest!' .... Ah, Prophet and King! — if such was thy desolation when hated and scorned of all men, what must...

...jar and conflict of society, and seeks in the shades of solitude the peace for which it sighs. " Oh that I had wings like a dove ! then would I flee away and be at rest. Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. I would hasten my escape from the windy...

...with the Lord ? " And again, he said, " Oh, how delightful to leap from earth to heaven ! Oh, had I wings like a dove, then would I flee away and be at rest." For the last few days of his life, his weakness was too great for continuous conversation ; but night...

...this soul of mine longs to be gone! like a bird imprisoned in a cage, it longs to take its flight. O that I had wings like a dove, then would I flee away to the realms of bliss, and be at rest for ever! O that some guardian angel might be commissioned,...

...all may persevere To climb the ascent of being, and approach For ever nearer to the LIFE DIVINE. O THAT I had wings like a dove ! Then would I flee away, and be at rest. As for me, I will call upon God, And he will save me. Evening, and morning, and at noon, Will I pray...

...first must die ; Then let me die, through death to know That bliss I seek in vain below. CLXVIII. " O that I had wings like a dove ! then would I flee away and be at rest." — Psalm Iv. .6 1 To Jesus the crown of my hope, My soul is in haste to be gone ; O bear me, ye cherubim,...