...own neglected countrymen : — ' The children of my mother country are angry with me : they made me keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.' ' These poor children of my mother-land, virtually by their relation to myself, made me the keeper...

...his. Some who attend these great meetings, we fear have too much reason to say, " They have made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept ; " but others in humble gratitude can own, that even while they were watering others, their own souls...

...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 ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept." Does not Paul speak the language of all true saints, when he cries, " O wretched man that I am ! who...

...examine their own hearts. And ministers and Sunday school teachers are in danger of this. " They made me keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept." How fearful the consideration ! The world will soon gain the ascendancy in the heart unless there be...

...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." The offence of the Cross has not ceased. " All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution"...

...lamentably so in spiritual concerns. The spouse in the Canticles utters this lamentation, ' They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept.' (Chap. i. 6.) Many, oh, how many ! at the end of their course, utter this doleful cry, ' We have,'...

...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." (Solomon's Song i. 6.) II. As to CONFIGURATION : I have seen thousands of the Jollof, Mandingo, Foulah,...

...am black, because the sun has 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. Tell me, 0 thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon:...

...to direct the faith of others. They may say, with the Bride in the Song of Solomon, " They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept," Cant. i. 6. Your children may succeed — yes, but Satan may succeed too, and considering the relative...

...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 ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon...