 | John Flavel - 1689 - 412 pages
...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;... | |
 | 1842
...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... | |
 | 1832 - 852 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1807 - 482 pages
...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... | |
 | 1829 - 610 pages
...sinner is prepared to appreciate and enjoy the bliss of heaven, and to say with the Psalmist, " As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee. O God." Ps. xlii. 1. How unspeakably important then is it for those whom heaven itself cannot make happy... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 578 pages
...breathes, and breaks, and pants after God. -See what an agony holy David was in : Ps. xlii. 1 , 2. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 0 God. My soul thirtieth for God, for the Living God : when shall I come and appear before God ? Indeed... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1810 - 390 pages
...with David, who, in his banishment from the house of God, cries out in this affecting strain, " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 0 God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God ; when shall I come, and appear before God ?"*... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...holy David express himself in so pathetical a manner concerning the service of the sanctuary : ' As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. When, O when shall I come to appear before the presence of Godf' — The ancients do sometimes... | |
 | John Howe - 1813 - 536 pages
...portion, the lines arc fallen unto me in pleasant places, and I have a goodly heritage. Psal. 16. 5, 6. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee O God !" Psal. 42. 1, 2. And again, " Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is nona upon earth that... | |
 | Mary Anne Galton Schimmelpenninck, Claude Lancelot - 1813 - 318 pages
...of the blessed St. Francis, often repeating his last words, " O ! my God, my desire is to thee. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God ! Yes, mine eyes shall behold thee, and not another ; my heart and my flesh rejoice before the... | |
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My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God... 
