...still remain The vice and pain, — Good, and its joy, the Lord's alone. MOURNFUL RECOLLECTIONS. " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when...shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked throogh darkness." — Job.xxix. 2, 3. MOURNFUL it seems in darken'd days To turn to hours more blest...

...I let my beloved go from me ? How melancholy is my condition! O^thatl were as in months past, as'in the days when God preserved me ; — when his candle...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness. O my Saviour, bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy great name ; — that I may show forth...

...pavilidrts" May riot these serve to explain the words df Job, art Arab emir or chiefj when he says,c " O that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me, when his candle shined upon my heidd, dnd when by his light I Walked through darkness ?" For, may he not here allude to the lamps...

...from evil is understanding. ГНАР. XXIX. MOREOVER, Job continued his parable, and said, A 2 Oh mat t done evil ; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked tlnvugh darkness ; 6 4 As I...

...though he did not drink butter, made almost as singular a use of it. " O that I were," exclaimed he, " as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me. When I washed my steps with butter, and the rocks poured me out rivers of oil." " These mountains of yours,"...

...knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. JOB xxix. 2 — 13. Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...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 ; when the Almighty...

...gloominess; and the language of the believer's heart is, " Oh, that it were with me as in months past, when His candle shined upon my head, and when by His light I walked in darkness'' —Return, Oh, Lord, how long ?—" Lift up the light of Thy countenance and I shall...

...life. Often no doubt in the bitterness of our souls we shall feel disposed to exclaim 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; as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle V But still let us...

...enjoyments of life have their full taste and relish. So Job describes hthe days of his youth; 'Oh! that I were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness, as I was in the days of my youth, &c.' 'Thou art inexcusable, O man, whoever thou art,' if thou art...

...with the exclamation, "O ! that it was with me as in months past, when the candle of the Lord shone upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ; while as yet the Almighty was with me." The way to see and enjoy God is to live near him, and to...