...in the days of old has left this record of the spirit and manner in which he sought : — " Like as the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come, and appear before God !" But...

...things. It is but the utterance of all souls in their best moments which is expressed when we read, " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, 0 God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?" Again...

...Gives the soul an appetite for the bread and water of life, and for the righteousness of faith. " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God." Divine life gives the soul motion ; it moves in heart and mind toward God, as the poor prodigal...

...psalmist, when he speaks concerning the ardency of his affections to God, he says, Psal. 42. 1. " as the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God : my soul thirsteth for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?" These...

...languishing graces of the Christian revive, and he is ready to exclaim with the saints of old, " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God! Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound ; they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy...

...water is : To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in thy sanctuary." Ixiii. 1, 2. " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, () God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God ; when shall I come and appear before God i"...

...the dwellings of Jacob." We sometimes are able to adopt the 'language of the Psalmist, and say, *' As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, Q God ;" and it is a happy frame, too, when we can say it: and yet never were any so desirous of meetVOL....

...with David, My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Whatever be the occasion of depression, the heart knoweth its own bitterness. Every man best knows...

...in competition with i 3 them! Thou art the source and centre of all my wishes and desires; even as the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God! Oh! when shall I appear in thy presence? When, when shall that blessed time come, that I shall...

...the blessed St. Francis, often repeating his last words, " O! my B 2 God, my desire is to thee. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God! Yes, mine eyes shall behold thee, and not another; my heart and my flesh rejoice before the living...