 | David Thomas K. Drummond - 1841 - 404 pages
...faithful, and not with the one traitor — that with them, we can take up the words of one of old, " The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places : yea I have a goodly heritage :" — to feel that, as very members incorporate with Christ, we may gather into our souls all the... | |
 | Charles Christian Hennell - Bible - 1841 - 568 pages
...suppose that David meant to speak of any one but himself. The latter part runs thus, Psalm xvi. 6 : " The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places, yea, I have a goodly heritage. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel ; my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1841 - 296 pages
...of doing thus, and the great opportunity I have for this exercise, with joyful gratitude, saying, ' The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places : yea, I have a goodly heritage,' " Psa. xvi. 6. THE SEASONS, You will agree with Old Humphrey that Spring is a pleasant time ; and when... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1841 - 602 pages
...portion of mine inheritance."-f With the Lord as our portion, we shall have abundant cause to sing, " The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; yea, I have a goodly heritage."J Our gracious Saviour, of whose resurrection this Psalm is strikingly prophetic, will show... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Christian life - 1779 - 296 pages
...of doing thus, and the great opportunity I have for this exercise, with joyful gratitude, saying, ' The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places : yea, I have a goodly heritage,' " Psa. xvi. (i. THE SEASONS, You will agree with Old Humphrey that Spring is a pleasant time ; and... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...Ixxiv. 9, 10. The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup ; thou maintainest my lot ; the lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; yea, I have a goodly heritage, &c. In thy presence i* fulness of joy : at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. — Ps.... | |
 | Samuel Osgood - American literature - 1842 - 408 pages
...humility of gratitude to that Providence who has given us such a country and such institutions : " The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; yea, I have a goodly heritage ! " THE AUTUMN EVENING. BY WILLIAM BO PEABODY. BEHOLD the western evening light ! It melts in deepening... | |
 | 1843 - 844 pages
...admire; thine absence I mourn, and thy presence is better than life. Thou hast caused me to say, " the lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; yea, I have a goodly heritage." " I am thine," 1 want to be daily at thy feet, and to realize nearness of access to thy throne. But,... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1843 - 64 pages
...God has his " lot,"—has his divinely assigned part. And well, surely, may every one of them say—" The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage." And "the lot of their inheritance" is secure to them. It is an inheritance which no enemy can invade,... | |
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The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 
