 | Hester Ann Rogers, Thomas Coke - Christian biography - 1832 - 254 pages
...which I esteemed blessed tidings. I looked on myself as one that had done with earth ; and cried, " O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest." Yea, so desirous was I to quit the vale of sin (as I called it) here below, that I could not be prevailed... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...not at liberty to divulge — Thus " thorns are in their tabernacle." and they are ready to cry, " O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and oe at rest." But you need not flee from your condition ; rest may be found in it — in the bosom of... | |
 | James Slade - 1832 - 564 pages
...tremhling are come upon me : and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, Oh that 1 had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I get me away far off : and remain in the wilderness. 8 I would make haste to escape... | |
 | Village pastor - Consolation - 1832 - 226 pages
...dwell with Meshech, 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 reSt !" — though integrity, uprightness, and the fear of God should be even banished from the abodes of... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1833 - 722 pages
...are not at liberty to divulge — Thus " thorns are in their tabernacle." and they are ready to cry, "O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest." But you need ю flee from your condition ; rest may be found in it — in the bosora ni your God and... | |
 | William Bailey (A.B.) - 534 pages
...alleviation to the sufferings of the individual, and he cries out with bitterness, " Oh, that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest." I do not mean to sanction such a temper as this — far be it from me. The principles of the Gospel... | |
 | Gift books - 1832 - 324 pages
...heart's bitterness lead them to sigh, ' I loathe it, I would not live always' — ' Oh that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest, I would haste me from the stormy wind and tempest.1 What uneasiness have others to excite them ! How... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...overwhelmed me. 33 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. 34 Lo then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness : 35 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. LESSON CIX. 0 LORD God of my salvation,... | |
 | Joseph Bingham - Absolution - 1834 - 510 pages
...may observe, how each of them with a moderate sigh, and eyes lift up to heaven, says within himself, O! that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest!" This was their continual exercise of public devotion every day. Their private vacancies and intervals... | |
 | 1836 - 382 pages
...deceitful world, it is heard to pine in very sadness and to exclaim, in the plaintive noles of one of old, "O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest." I have been led into this train of reflection by a survey of my own experience on this point. I have... | |
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O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest. 
