| 1825 - 208 pages
...am vexed. My heart is disquieted within me, and the fear of death is fallen upon me. Then I said, O that I had wings like a dove, ' then would I fly away, and be at rest ! ANTHEM SECOND. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God; speak ye comfortably to... | |
| Lutheran Church - 1830 - 398 pages
...for no clouds will gather over those skies, no Ftorms sweep over that fair and blooming paradise. "O that I had wings like a dove ; then would I fly away, and be at rest !" And methinks, that even the bliss of the celestial country will be capable of augmentation,... | |
| Frederic Stanhope Hill - 1826 - 102 pages
...come then now, Delay no longer, and thy mind Shall calm delight, and quiet find. WANDERINGS. • Oh that I had wings like a dove ! then would I fly away and be at rest." Oh, had my lonely spirit pinions swift, To soar through yon ethereal space, beyond The reach... | |
| Bourne Hall Draper - Conduct of life - 1827 - 272 pages
...gentle slumber, in the most plaintive tone of voice I recollect ever to have heard, she exclaimed: " Oh that I had wings, like a dove; then would I fly away,...died; and. being told that she died happily, she said: "Oh that this may be the case with me ! I feel a mind entirely resigned to the will of God. I would... | |
| Bourne Hall Draper - Conduct of life - 1827 - 270 pages
...gentle slumber, in the most plaintive tone of voice I recollect ever to have heard, she exclaimed: "Oh that I had wings, like a dove; then would I fly away,...my escape from the stormy wind and tempest." Nov. 24t. She enquired of a friend how a person she was acquainted with had died; and being told that she... | |
| 1827 - 498 pages
...am vexed. My heart is disquieted within me, and the fear of death is fallen upon me. Then I said, O that I had wings like a dove, then would I fly away, and be at rest ! ANTHEM SECOND. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God; speak ye comrortably to... | |
| Christian life - 1829 - 412 pages
...cessation of horror, the heaven-born principle bursts through his accumulated sorrows, and he exclaims, " O that I had wings like a dove, then would I fly away and be at rest !" The apprehension of giving occasion for that holy name to be blasphemed among the ungodly,... | |
| Gift books - 1830 - 402 pages
...for no clouds will gather over those skies, no storms sweep over that fair and blooming paradise. " O that I had wings like a dove ; then would I fly away, and be at rest !" And methinks, that even the bliss of the celestial country will be capable of augmentation,... | |
| Stephen Higginson Tyng - Meditations - 1832 - 312 pages
...long dwelt in the tents of Kedar, and been constrained to sojourn among the enemies of my peace. O that I had wings like a dove, then would I fly away and be at rest. I know no pleasure comparable to that of being with my Lord. It is good for me to draw near to God, to... | |
| Charles Jenkins - Congregational churches - 1832 - 426 pages
...the meaning of the Psalmist's affecting aspiration — O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I fly away and be at rest. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. He knew that a heart humble, harmless, constant, and affectionately drawn... | |
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