...not this be a happiness superior to any the world can give ? See what David thought of it — " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : Thou, O Lord God, art the thing that I long...

...thinking of the distresses of their fellow-creatures. DLXXII. DAVID'S DESIRE AFFER GOD. Ps. xlii. 1,2. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before God ? GREAT...

...same thirst and cry, at least in some measure, as was in the man after God's own heart, who said, " As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God." These are not the aspirations of flesh and blood ; no, the desires of the flesh incline another...

...the lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places, and I have a goodly heritage. Psal. 1 6. 5, C. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee O God !" Psal. 42. 1, 2. And uguin, " Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is nona upon earth...

...said, " I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land."* "As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. When shall I come and appear before God ?"f " Deliver me from the men of this world, who have...

...temporal or spiritual judgments will speedily overtake us. O, christians, can we say with truth, " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God." If we perceived ourselves famishing, and that our souls must starve except Christ feed them,...

...said, " I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land."* " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. When shall I come and appear before God ?"f " Deliver me from the men of this world, who have...

...everlasting life." The springing well is felt in the heaven-born soul who feels and says with David, "As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God." In the soul that is born of God there is a going out in meditation, in prayer, sighs, groans,...

...milk of the word. 1 Pet. 2:2. If spiritual life be in you, you know how to expound that scripture, "As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God," Psa. 42:1, without any other interpreter than your own experience; you will feel somewhat like...

...power and the authority; and the glory is for ever yours. Contemporary Prayers, 1967 Psalm 42 (41) As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, my God . . . my tears have been my meat . . . Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts....