...want of all other things. Hence the desires of the saints are so intense after this one thing : "As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 0 God ;" and, " My soul fainteth for thy salvation ;" " When wilt thou come unto me ?" Psalm 42:1; 119:81;...

...of soul, as in the patriarch — ' O that I knew where I might find himj' and in the Psalmist, ' As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.' If the light of God's countenance ceases at any time to shine upon the soul, the darkness which...

...will be able to sing truly with David, if the following verse should be brought before them : ** As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God !" To this it may be added, that where men think about musical harmony, or vocal tunes, in their...

...which we know not whether to admire most as beautiful strains of poetry, or raptures of devotion. " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, " so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul " thirsteth for God, yea, the living God : when shalj " I come and appear before God...

...But it was of God's making and putting, and not his own. Another time, we have him crying thus: " 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 him?" This...

...God, whom have I in heaven b"ut thee ? And there is none on earth I desire in comparison with thee. As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul is athirst for thee, O God, my God. Blessed Saviour, t am thine, I am wholly thine,...

...breathes, and breaks, and pants after God. -See what an agony holy David was in : Ps. xlii. 1 , 2. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 0 God. My soul thirtieth for God, for the Living God : when shall I come and appear before God ? Indeed the...

...sinner is prepared to appreciate and enjoy the bliss of heaven, and to say with the Psalmist, " As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee. O God." Ps. xlii. 1. How unspeakably important then is it for those whom heaven itself cannot make...

...with David, who, in his banishment from the house of God, cries out in this affecting strain, " 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 ?"* This is...

...unspeakable delights. A true Christian should be moved, on this occasion, with David's spirit. " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God : my sonl thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall i come and appear before God ?" I...