...prayers dull, his spirits sunk, and all his days seem gone.f Then is he ready to cry out with Job, " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness !"J Seasons like these may well be styled the eclipses of believers ; and, blessed be God, they are,...

...seems but to backslide ; and I cannot help continually thinking of that bitter complaint of Job's : " O that I were as in months past, as in the days" when...and when by his light I walked through darkness." Still I know that God "will heal my backsliding, and love me freely ;" for though I am changed, " he...

...and of longing, which filled my soul when, at Thy dear command, I took my cross and followed Thee. O that I were, as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by His light I walked through darkness ! But turn me again, O my Master, and let Thine anger cease from me ; for I know that, as Thy Majesty...

...commencement of the twenty-ninth chapter, is beautifully elucidated by reference to eastern customs. " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...and when by his light I walked through darkness." For "candle" our author would read " lamp," candles being even now little used in the East, and never...

...— who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings ? " (Isa. xxxiii. 14). " Oh, that I were a" in months past, as in the days when God preserved...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness. As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle." .... But now " terrors...

...picture of a + charitable and good-natured man than is to be met with in any other author. 2. " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...with butter, and the rock poured out rivers of oil. 3. " When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because...

...n. a worthless plant or weed. PORTRAIT OF A PATRIARCH. 2. " Oh that I were as in months past, as iu the days when God preserved me; when his candle shined...Almighty was yet with me ; when my children were about me ; wheu I washed my steps with butter, and the roek poured out rivers of oil. 3. " When the ear heard...

...picture of a charitable and good-natured man than is to be met with in any other author: " Oh that 1 were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved...walked through darkness: when the Almighty was yet with we: when my children were about me: when 1 washed my steps with butter, and the rocks poured me out...

...God." (Ps. xlii. 1 — 3 ; xliii. 3,4.) How touchingly does Job lament his desolation and darkness: " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when...; and when by his light I walked through darkness : as I was in the days of my youth when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle." (Job xxix. 2 —...

...in months past, as in the days when G«d preserved me : when his candle sinned upon my head, and wba by his light I walked through darkness when the Almighty...I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil. " When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave...