...wrfs left to mourn the loss of that sense of divine things she once enjoyed, and was ready to say, " Oh ! that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me." Job xxix. 2. The people of God now were very anxious for her, not that she might live, lor of this...

...still remain The vice and pain, — Good, and its joy, the Lord's alone. MOURNFUL RECOLLECTIONS. " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when...shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked throogh darkness." — Job.xxix. 2, 3. MOURNFUL it seems in darken'd days To turn to hours more blest...

...I let my beloved go from me ? How melancholy is my condition! O^thatl were as in months past, as'in the days when God preserved me ; — when his candle...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness. O my Saviour, bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy great name ; — that I may show forth...

...pavilidrts" May riot these serve to explain the words df Job, art Arab emir or chiefj when he says,c " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me, when his candle shined upon my heidd, dnd when by his light I Walked through darkness ?" For, may he not here allude to the lamps...

...from evil is understanding. ГНАР. XXIX. MOREOVER, Job continued his parable, and said, A 2 Oh mat t done evil ; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked tlnvugh darkness ; 6 4 As I...

...though he did not drink butter, made almost as singular a use of it. " O that I were," exclaimed he, " as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me. When I washed my steps with butter, and the rocks poured me out rivers of oil." " These mountains of yours,"...

...knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. JOB xxix. 2 — 13. Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ; as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle ; when the Almighty...

...gloominess; and the language of the believer's heart is, " Oh, that it were with me as in months past, when His candle shined upon my head, and when by His light I walked in darkness'' —Return, Oh, Lord, how long ?—" Lift up the light of Thy countenance and I shall...

...pleasures and enjoyments of life have their full taste and relish. So Job describes hthe days of his youth; 'Oh! that I were as in months past, as in the days...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness, as I was in the days of my youth, &c.' 'Thou art inexcusable, O man, whoever thou art,' if thou art...

...of life. Often no doubt in the bitterness of our souls we shall feel disposed to exclaim with Job, " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle V But still let us...