 | Seth Williston - 1846 - 296 pagina’s
...THE REPULSIVENESS OP THE LATTER SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO CONCEAL THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE FORMER. " I am black, but comely, O ye daughters. of Jerusalem,...of Solomon. Look not upon me, because I am black." — Song of Solomon, 1 : 5, 6. The Song of Solomon was incorporated with the other sacred books, long... | |
 | Joseph Benson - 1846 - 1102 pagina’s
...glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine ; z the upright love thee. 5 TI # -. c Hos. ri. 4 ; John vi. 44 ; xii. 32. * Philippians iii. 12, 13, 14. • Psalm xlv. 14, 15 ; John xiv.... | |
 | Robert Hawker (D.D.) - 1846 - 890 pagina’s
...consciousness how differently she appeared in the eyes of her Lord from his beauty put upon her. " I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon," Song i. 5. And the whole doctrine is blessedly explained, Ezek. xvi. 1—14. Indeed, the spouse's figure... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 506 pagina’s
...WW STATHAM.* *' Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?" — Jer. xiii. 20. " They made me the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept." — Cant. i. 6. • T DO not think that there can ever be quite an epic unity in all our services ;... | |
 | 1847 - 518 pagina’s
...princess, and she, only among the wives of Solomon, would be likely to utter in respect to herself. " I'm black but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As...I am black, Because the sun hath looked upon me.'' There are allusions too in the conversation of the bride, -wholly Egyptian. In Chap. 6: 12, we have... | |
 | 1847 - 244 pagina’s
...let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains: Is. xlii,ll, I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." Cant. i, 5. . i Now that you may realize the dew of heaven, resting upon your branch, I remain, Your's... | |
 | Alexander Crawford Lindsay Earl of Crawford - 1847 - 396 pagina’s
...her complexion of the deepest brown and even black — in allusion to the passage in Canticles, " I am black but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." These paintings being generally esteemed miraculous and ascribed to S. Luke, the probability is, that... | |
 | Sir Coutts Lindsay - 1847 - 424 pagina’s
...representing her complexion of the deepest brown and even black—in allusion to the passage in Canticles, " I am black but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." These paintings being generally esteemed miraculous and ascribed to S. Luke, the probability is, that... | |
 | John Westwood (of Huntingdon.) - 1848 - 72 pagina’s
...the heart of the believer, than when the worldling's wine, oil, and corn do increase. Verse 5. — I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. " I am black, but comely," says the Church ; and this is the language of Heaven-born souls, for they... | |
 | Tartar tribes - 1848 - 204 pagina’s
...their great neatness and regularity, may, perhaps, be deemed an illustration of Canticles i. 5 : 'I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,...as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.' It ought to be added, that, in Asia Minor, the tents of the Turkmans only are of this colour." He adds,... | |
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I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon ! Look not upon me, because I am black, Because the sun hath looked upon me : My mother's children were angry with me ; They made me the keeper of the... 
