...they can climb towards God, so your considerations be humble, fruitful, and practically mysterious. " Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might fly away and be at rest," said David. The wings of an eagle would have carried him higher, but yet...

...intolerable than the sharpest pain, we are often tempted to wish that it might cease altogether. " 0 that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at rest." Beyond the dawn-struck summits of the snowy hills, in the silent places of the heavens traversed only...

...utterance of their heart was, " Oh, that I could awaken all about me to a sense of theii guilt and danger! Oh, that I had the wings of a dove, that I might fly over all the earth, and testify what a Saviour I have found, what a salvation I have in prospect...

...healthful it is to make a right use of one's legs. When I have heard sentimentalists quote the words, " Oh, that I had the wings of a dove, that I might fly away and be at peace ! " I have been devoutly thankful that I have the legs of a man, and am contented...

...healthful it is to make a right use of one's legs. When I have heard sentimentalists quote the words, " Oh, that I had the wings of a dove, that I might fly away and be at peace ! " I have been devoutly thankful that I have the legs of a man, and am contented...

...concluded, and long for sun-set that he might leave the field to go home — his the desire of the Psalmist, Oh, that I had the wings of a dove, that I might fly away and be at rest ! Yet toiling and enduring, bearing others' burdens along with his own, living...

...convinced that it will be the same to the end of the chapter, we say in the fulness of our grief, " Oh that I had the wings of a dove ! that I might fly away, and be at rest." 2. Another reason for being weary of life is, the countless and ceaseless...

...often looked towards these quiet hills with something of the Psalmist's feeling in his heart — ' O that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away to yonder mountain, and be at rest !' To that scene of long-coveted repose he found himself at liberty...

...Father, for being received in the end. At another time, when under great suffering, he exclaimed, " Oh, that I had the wings of a dove, that I might dee away, and be at rest. Be near me, O Lord, in these times of great trial, when the soul is about...

...bring us into the unity of the Spirit. For myself, I never felt in spirit so much inclined to say, ' Oh ! that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at rest. ' When my soul is forced to dwell in such an evil world ; when I see before me the prospect of such...