...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...after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God ; when shall I come and appear before God ?" xlii. 1, 2. — When his soul was in great...

...in the believer a restless and an unwearied struggling after a real union with God. " As the heart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God ; my soul thirsteth for God, yea, for the living God," Psal. xlii. 1, 2. " My soul followeth hard after thee ; thy right hand upholderh...

...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...

...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...

...eternal life. David had this blessing, when he said, " As the hart panteth for " the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My "soul thirsteth for God, for the living God." No man ever equalled these feelings but St. Paul, when he exclaimed, " For " me to live...

...unnatural rebellion of his son Absalom, or both, saying, " 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 ?" Psal. xlii. 1,2. " O God, thou art my 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...after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before him?" This goes beyond formality, and can be tied...

...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...soul after thee, O God. My soul " thirsteth for God, yea, the living God : when shalj " I come and appear before God ? How amiable are thy " tabernacles,...

...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...