 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.  Jacob Wrestling with the Angel - Page 202by Gottfried Daniel Krummacher - 1841 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Baptists - 1856 - 880 pages
...dove ! that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy face ! let me hear thy voice ! for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely." A PLAIN MAN'S TESTIMONY TO THE TRUTH. A. ll . 1 1 ii ; TO MR. C. FISH, OP OHKAT OEDDIHQ. [Original... | |
 | Daniel Atkinson Clark, George Shepard - Clergy - 1846 - 460 pages
...give, till he has drawn out the soul in prayer, " Oh, my dove, thou art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs ; let me see thy...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely." And when he prays, " Thy kingdom come,'' he but asks God to do what he has promised, and purposed to... | |
 | Mrs. Silver - 1846 - 356 pages
...that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions ? O my dove, thou art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs ; let me see thy...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. Thou art all fair, my love ; there is no spot in thee. Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Andrew Alexander Bonar - Sermons, English - 1846 - 640 pages
...smell. Arise, my love, nry fair one, and come away. O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, m the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance,...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes. My beloved... | |
 | Seth Williston - Christian life - 1846 - 296 pages
...surrounded. After comparing the church to a dove in the clefts of the rock, the heavenly Bridegroom says, '' Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely." In the fourth chapter he enters into somewhat of a minute description of her beauty ; and in the sixth,... | |
 | Protestantism - 1846 - 644 pages
...terms ; " O my dove that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me Bee ly object to instruct the ignorant, to confirm the faithful, to comfort the weak, the fearful, a The phrase which we render " the secret places of the stairs," may with more propriety be translated,... | |
 | Joseph Benson - Bible - 1846 - 1102 pages
...rock, in the secret places of the stairs, AM 2990. let me see thy countenance, * let me — — ' 10U! oly Spirit, that he was moved thereby to write this form of thanksgivin 15 Take us b the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines : for our vines have tender grapes.... | |
 | Jane Eliza Leeson - 1847 - 256 pages
...from the eye of man in the secret ot His tabernacle, " O My dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs: let Me see thy...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely." And do you know, dear little ones, what is meant by these clefts and secret places, where only holy... | |
 | Matthew Henry - Puritans - 1847 - 332 pages
...that the prayer of the upright is his delight ; it is music in his ears. Christ says to his dove, " Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely," Cant. ii. 14. And it is to the spouse, the church, that Christ speaks in the close of that song of... | |
 | Gardiner Spring - Bible - 1847 - 334 pages
...her soul loved. Then it was that I heard him say, " 0 my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice;...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely !" Then it was that he " allured her and spake comfortably unto her, and gave her the valley of Achor... | |
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