...of Kedar, as the curtains 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 me; they made me keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth,...

...occurs in the complaint of the spouse: "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." (Cantic. 1. 6.) The children of one wife scarcely looked upon the children of the other wives as their...

...hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. Luke xix. 17. 0 They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept. Cant. i. 6. fellow countrymen were injudicious, and failing in many graces and talents that might have...

...of Keilar, as the curtains of Solomon. ij Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath d transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the viocyards; but mine cnvn vineyard have 1 not kept 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul !ovcth, where thou...

...the whole soul in promoting the salvation of others, as afterwards to call forth the lamentation, " They made me the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept." How many readers of "The Church" are constant hearers of the gospel, but hearers only ! Oh, that casting...

...have not already done so, we shall ere long he joining in the mournful lamentation of the spouse, " They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." There are many reasons, aside from the tendency of the age, why the cultivation of the heart is neglected....

...neglecting their own. Many a minister has had occasion to lament, in bitterness of spirit, " They made me a keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." The duties which ministers owe themselves may be considered under two divisions; the one relating to...

...approach of all marauders. In the beautiful Song of Solomon, the spouse is heard to say — " They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." A recent traveller observes, " that, in the route between Jerusalem and the convent of St. Elias, he...

...successful effort, for the benefit of others, may be followed by the lamentation — "They made me keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept," Cant. i. 6. The danger becomes yet greater, as the object of pursuit diverges from religion. And Christians...

...of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath aid, 1 will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ; in sorr nie the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 Tell me, О thou whom my...