...of Kedar, as the cui tains of Solomon. 6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me : my mother's children were angry with...vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept 7 IF Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou to rest at noon : for why...

...of Solomon. 6 Look not upon me, fiecause I am Mack, because the sun bath looked upon me: my molhei's children were angry with me ; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; nut mine own vineyard bave 1 not kept. 7 Teli me, O thou wbom my s-_. loveth, where thou feedest, wbere...

...of personal piety, is also named as an obstruction to revivals of religion. It was anciently said, " They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." No services can supply the absence of personal piety, and habitual intercourse and daily communion...

...Lord, I beseech thee send now prosperity." 9. Indirect exercises after labor : text, "They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." 10. Success expected : text, " For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but are mighty through...

...preserve the spirit of 1 See Chap. vi. religion. Have none of us cause to complain — " They made me keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept ? " ' Does not the cultivation of the wilderness sometimes lead us unconsciously to overlook the growth...

...vine, and ye are the branches.' John xv. and Solomon saith, ' My mother's children, &c. they made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept.' Cant. i. 6. Now all yc that are made keepers of vineyards, see that your own vine and vineyard is kept...

...vineyard of the man void of understanding, and lo, it was all grown over with thorns. Prov. xxiv. 30. They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept Cant. i. 6. Who planteth a vineyard and catcth not of the fruit thereof? 1 Cor. ix. 7. 21 Was drunken,...

...attention. Snme who spiritualize the Song of Solomon, had better take verse 6, chap, i. for a text — "They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have'l not kept." EDITOR. QUERY. A MUCH esteemed brother and fellow-laborer in the kingdom of our Lord,...

...curse, but the mark of a scorching sun. ' 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 vineyards' Canticles i, 6. Jtn this passage the Church o f Christ evidently speaks of herself under the figure...

...activity for the souls of men, that you may never have to utter the bitter lamentation, " They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." Our exertions may give rise to self-complacency, or spiritual pride. Pride, which reigns in the heart...