...preparation for any duty. So David rapresseth his delight in the worship of Goo*—" How amiable are tby tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! My soul longeth, yea,...heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God." He longed for the tabernacle, and the courts "fit, but it was the enjoyment of God himself, the 1!vinf...

...with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.' Psal. Ixxxiv. 1—4. ' How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts !...-courts of the Lord ; my heart and my flesh crieth out'for the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow -a nest for herself,...

...above. On those trying occasions, the language of her inmost soul to " the God of her fathers " was, " how amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts !...yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God." Not only was she desirous that her own soul might be...

...Hosts," (or, thy dwelling places, O Jehovah of Hosts, in the original) " my soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord ; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God :" and in ver. 4. " Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, they will be still praising thee. Selah."...

...worship restored in its former splendour. 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Acsss. the LORD : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God . 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her...

...a good man, in relation to the social services of the sanctuary, than that of the holy Psalmist : ' How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ;...heart, and my flesh crieth out for the living God." We will consider briefly some of the reasons which render the house of God so desirable, and so delightful...

...longs after. For this reason, the language of his heart is that of David's, (in Psalm Ixxxiv. 1, 2.) " How amiable are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts!...heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God." He is able to say with sincerity, " Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thine house and the place...

...thee, O God ! my soul thirsteth for God, for the living God ! When shall I come and appear before (iod? How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts !...yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord ; my heart and my flesh cry out for the. living God. Blessed arc thoy tliat dwell in thy house, Ihey will...

...worship thee publickly in the presence of thy people, and be enabled .to say with the pious Psalmist, How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the Lord. If permitted to go up to thy house, may we enter thy gates with thanksgiving,...

...same little boy which he used to be. He felt like the holy prophet David, who says in the psalms, " How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! my soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand!" But I must now return to...