| Jacob Duché - Sermons, American - 1779 - 452 pages
...David, " Wo is me, that I am con" ftrained to dwell with Mefhech, and " to have my habitation among the tents " of Kedar ! — O that I had the wings of " a dove, for then would I flee away, " and be at reft !" — though integrity, uprightnefs, and the fear of... | |
| George Canning - 1793 - 270 pages
...the horror of the prefent, and the profpect of the future, drew from the bottom of his foul, ' ' Oh ! that I had the wings of a dove, then would " I fly awtty and be at re/I." Edmond could at this ejaculation no longer contain himfelf, but rufhing into... | |
| John Wesley - Biography - 1790 - 736 pages
...remains for the perfevering believer; my foul was ready to join with the holy Pfalmift, and cry, " O that I had the wings of a dove ! then would I fly away and plunge into the full fruition of my God." But, dull mortality dill pinioned down my mounting fpirit... | |
| John Smith, George Canning, Robert Percy Smith, John Hookham Frere - 1809 - 192 pages
...the horror of the present, and the prospect of the future, drew from the bottom of his soul, " Oh ! that I had the wings of a dove, then would I fly awav and be at rest." Edmontl could at this ejaculation no longer contain himself, hut rushing into... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 424 pages
...the horror of the present, and the prospect of the future, drew from the bottom of his soul, " Oh! that I had the wings of a dove, then would I fly away and be at rest." Edmond could, at this ejaculation, no longer contain himself, but jushing into the room,... | |
| Missions - 1821 - 632 pages
...communion between God and her soul, she exclaimed — '• Why are thy chariot wheels so long in coming? O that I had the wings of a dove, then •would I fly away and be at rest ! " She spent best part of the foilou ing day in prayer and praise; but passing through great... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 426 pages
...the horror of the present, and the prospect of the future, drew from the bottom of his soul, ' Oh! that I had the wings of a dove, then would I fly away and be at rest.' Edmond could at this ejaculation no longer contain himself, but rushing into the room, and... | |
| Samuel Stennett - Baptists - 1824 - 506 pages
...lead captive my affections ! Woe is me that I sojourn in Meshech, and dwell in the tents of Keder ! O that I had the wings of a dove ! then would I fly away, and be at rest." It was this kind of faintness in his warfare, which, iu a degree however, the apostle felt,... | |
| George Canning - 1825 - 312 pages
...the horror of the present, and the prospect of the future, drew from the bottom of his soul, " Oh ! that I had the wings of a dove, then would I fly away and be at rest." Edmond could, at this ejaculation, no longer contain himself, but rushing into the room,... | |
| Samuel Burder - Women - 1827 - 482 pages
...God, it is pretty near it. — I hope I " shall not return to labour, and sorrow, and sin " again. — O that I had the wings of a dove ! Then "would I fly away and be at rest!" — She would often add, " We have need of patience, that, after " we have done the will... | |
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