...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;...

...v/ater 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, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God ; when shall I come and appear before God ?" xlii....

...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...

...Psalmist was not a stranger to this exercise ; in the warmth of his devotional feelings he exclaims, " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God." Psalm xlii. 1. And St. John, although banished from the abodes of man by a tyrannical and persecuting...

...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...

...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 ?...

...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...

...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, for...

...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 happy...

...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...