...heard to pine in very sadness and to exclaim, in the plaintive noles of one of old, "O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest." I have been led into this train of reflection by a survey of my own experience on this point. I have...

...them, with a gentle sigh, and eyes lift up to heaven, to say within himself ; " O that I had wings like. a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest !" Pamphilus, in his Apology for Origen, relates the same thing of him,* that he was used to make sermons...

...to dwell with Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar! O that I had the wings of a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest!" Though integrity, uprightness and the fear of God should be even banished from the abodes of men—though...

...them," must these faithful men have taken up the affecting prayer of the Psalmist : " O 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...

...Psalmist, * The Right HooorabU George CaQniog'a Epitaph on In. eld««t aon. " Oh ! that I had wings like a dove ; for then would I flee away, and be at rest." * Such is the simple narrative of the life of Mr. Ashmun, and such the enviable felicity of his death....

...language of the holy Psalmist, breathe forth the genuine desires of his heart, " O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away, and be at rest. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth...

...trembling are come upon me, and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove ! for then would I flee away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. 8 I would make haste to escape,...

...trembling are come upon me, and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I flee away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. 8 I would make haste to escape,...

...heart's bitterness leao them to sigh, "I loathe it, I would not live alway"— " O ! that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest; I would haste me from the stormy wind and tempest." What uneasinesses have others to excite them! How...

...shall not the timely flight of more than one fowl, make you pray with David, Oh that I had the wings of a dove ! for then would I flee away and be at rest. Witli the wings of prajer and faith I would flee to him, who says, Come unto me all ye thai travail...