...succeeds wave in rapid succession, the Christian wishes to be gone, and is ready to say, with David, " O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest ;" or, when favoured with peculiarly cheering foretastes of the joys of heaven, feels, with St. Paul,...

...has ardently desired,—when, in the bitterness of his soul, he has exclaimed with the Psalmist, " O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest." But, here we must pause. For, let it not be imagined, that this " rest," which the Apostle metaphorically...

...of all sublunary things, but has at times aspirated with the royal Psalmist, " Oh that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest !" Hark ! there's a stir near us — a stir of footsteps and of human voices. It proceeds from within...

...line 13, for " inspired/' read " fanatic." KING CHARLES'S MARTYRDOM. PSALM LV. 0. OH THAT I HAD WINGS LIKE A DOVE, FOR THEN WOULD I FLEE AWAY, AND BE AT REST. THERE is so intimate a connexion between the fate of King Charles the First and our Ecclesiastical...

...Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me : and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. And I said, O that I had wings like a Dove ; for then would I flee away, and be at rest. 1 .0 , then would I get me away far off : and remain in the Wilderness. I would make haste to escape...

...punishment of it. If it be to teach me better things I will bless the Lord. But enough of worldly things. " O that I had wings like a dove ! for then would I flee away and be at rest. Lo then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. I would hasten my escape from the windy...

...withdraw themselves," se . . . recepto (line 3). EXERCISE XLVII HINTS And I said, 0 that I had wings like a dove, For then would I flee away and be at rest. Lo, then would I get me away far off, And remain in the wilderness. I would make haste to escape, Because...

...louder than the truth, And loads with eulogy the listening airs. XXXV. "OH! THAT I HAD THE WINGS OP A DOVE, FOR THEN WOULD I FLEE AWAY AND BE AT REST." Turn from the world, my Soul ! — what canst thou find To love, in all its vain and hollow round?...

...anything holds me back, I cannot freely fly to Thee. He longed to fly freely to Thee, who said, — 'O, that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest.' Who is more at rest then he who has a single eye to the glory of God ? and who is more free than he...

...art my God : early will I aeek Thee. v. 1. (n.) $". Glory be. INTROIT. My soul thirsteth. GRADUAL. O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest. y. I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God : in the voice of praise...