| Rev. John BARR (of Glasgow.) - 1831 - 348 pagina’s
..." Oil that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me ; when his candle ghined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness. O that I knew where I might find him I Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but... | |
| Charles Bridges - 1832 - 342 pagina’s
...seems but to backslide ; and I cannot help continually thinking of that bitter complaint of Job's — " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when...and when by his light I walked through darkness." ' Still I know that God " will heal my backsliding, and love me freely ; "z for though I am changed,... | |
| Village pastor - 1832 - 226 pagina’s
...bitterness of his soul he is ready to exclaim, " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when Gotl preserved me ! when his candle shined upon my head,...and when by his light I walked through darkness." Once 1 thought that I had gained a sure refuge in my Redeemer's arms ; I hoped that my peace was made,... | |
| William Jay - 1832 - 704 pagina’s
...they are troubled — " 0 that it was with me as in months past, when the candle of the Lord shone upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ; while as yet the Almighty was with me." The loss and the remembrance of their former peace and joy;... | |
| 1833 - 806 pagina’s
...so inconsistent with every well established fact in the history of architecture. 29 THE HOLIDAYS. " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when...walked through darkness : as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle : when the Almighty was yet with me." — JOB... | |
| 1833 - 792 pagina’s
...• O that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me : when his candle sinned upon my 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 was yet with me." — JOB... | |
| William Jay - 1833 - 722 pagina’s
...and they are troubled— " O that it was with me as in months past, when the candle of the Lord shone upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; while as yet the Almighty was with me." The loss and the remembrance of their former peace and joy... | |
| Richard Charles Coxe - 1834 - 380 pagina’s
...at the change ; — there can be little doubt, that he will be prepared to exclaim with Job, " Oh, that I were as in months past, as in the days when...walked through darkness ; as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle 1." — Have you not, yourselves, my brethren,... | |
| Charles Henry Wharton, George Washington Doane - 1834 - 444 pagina’s
...to increase his dejection. In the full bitterness of his soul he is ready to exclaim with David, " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when...and when by his light I walked through darkness." If, indeed, I am still the child of God, " why go I thus heavily while the enemy oppresses me ?" Such... | |
| Mary Martha Sherwood - 1834 - 436 pagina’s
...all, he deplored the absence of those consolations which he had formerly enjoyed. " Oh," cried he, " that I were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness !" Job xxix. 2, 3. " I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He hath led me,... | |
| |