...and strength have run in the wrong channel. I fear most of us may take up the church's complaint, in Cant. i. 6, " They have made me the keeper of the...I not kept." Two things have eaten up the time and strength of the professors of this generation, and sadly diverted them from heart-work — fruitless...

...as it approaches home, for in a dying hour it will be painful to adopt the language, * They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept.'" " To maintain a due proportion of character, the Christian should live for the public good, while he...

...quiet nap. But the first words of the sermon roused her. The text was from Canticles i. 6 : " They made me the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept." " That is a strange subject for a sermon," thought Mary ; and she could not help listening in spite...

...because I am black, because the sun hath looked ujton me. My mother's children were angry with me. : they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept. Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth ! where tkaufeedest, where thou makest thyjlock to rest at noon...

...became lam Mack, because the sun hath looked upon me. My mother's children were angry irith me : they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have J not kept. Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth ! where thoufeedest, where thou makest thyjlock to...

...religion, amidst the activity of public dudes. It is a striking confession of the Church of Christ, ' They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept.' For there may be so entire an occupation in the religion of others, as to leave little time for the...

...religion, amidst the activity of public duties. It is a striking confession of the Church of Christ, ' They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept.' For there may be so entire an occupation in the religion of others, as to leave little time for the...

...set all straight at home, take heed of that of which the poor church complains, Cant. i. 6, " They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." Oh leave other things undone, rather than this great matter, which concerns the affairs of thine own...

...black, because the sun hath looked upon me : my mother's children were angry with me ; they made me pon the face of the depth : 28 When he established the cloudf ab 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon...

...I am black : the sun hath looked upon me, and my mother's children were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." But when figuratively interpreted, the sense is beautiful and plain. "Do not despise me, oh ! my friends,...