...unspeakable delights. A true Christian should be moved, on this occasion, with David's spirit. " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God : my sonl thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall i come and appear before God ?" I confess,...

...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 ?"*...

...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...

...friendship and image of God. Let us see whether we cannot make the language of David our own, ' As the ' hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my ' soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, ' for the living God: when shall I come and appear ' before God ? Remember...

...convinced that nil these things were insufficient to make him happy ; and, therefore, he cries- out, " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God ! • .My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God! When shall. I come and appear before God:"...

...the humble : thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear. * Psal. xtii. 1. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Ver. 2. My soul ihirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God...

...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...

...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...

...? Before thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God!" Psal. Ixxxiv. 1 — 3. TOh. HI. 32 "As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, '-so panteth my soul after thee, O God ! My soul thirsteth for God, for the livisg God!" chap. xlii. 1, 2. ** Love is strong as death....

...attendants, proceeded to the baptistery, the choir singing all the way the forty- second psalm : As the hart panteth. after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 0 God, and so on. This ended at the porch of the first chapel, where his holiness sat down. Then the...