...activity for the souls of men, that you may never have to utter the bitter lamentation, " They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." Our exertions may give rise to self-complacency, or spiritual pride. Pride, which reigns in the heart...

...owner of the vineyard makes of d Thus we find it observed, Song of Solomon, i. 6 : " They " made me keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard " have I not kept :" whence it appears that it was usual, among the Jews, for the rich to commit the possession of their...

...all the while, no real grace at all within him. What has been your state ? Is it — " They made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept" ? III. PERSONS, APPARENTLY SELF-RIGHTEOUS, AND SELF-SATISFIED. " Behold, I am vile ! what shall I answer...

...there to seek him. They may have reason at last to say, in the language of Solomon, " They made me keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept r." And again, if there be this danger on the one hand of a cold and formal profession ; may we not...

...strength have run in the wrong channel ; I fear the most of us may take up the Church's complaint : " They have made me the keeper of the vineyards, but...I not kept." Two things have eaten up the time and strength of the professors of this generation, and sadly diverted them from heart-work : First : —...

...because I em black, because the sun hath looked upon me; my mother's children were angry with me ; they made me the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. — Songs. ISAIAH. I, 4. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children...

...because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me; my mother's children were angry with me ; they made me the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept — Songs. ISAIAH. I, 4. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children...

...be a fearful event, if finally we should lift up our voice and weep, and say, "My mother's children made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." Each of us has a soul that must live forever, that must be washed in a Savior's blood, or must endure...

...black, because the sun hath looked upon me : my mother's children were angry with me ; they made me keeper of the vineyards : but mine own vineyard have I not kept. Look not therefore disdainfully upon me, because I am blackish and dark of hue ; for this colour is...

...black, Because the sun hath looked upon me : My mother's children were angry with me ; They made me 7 Tell me, О thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedcst. Where thou makest thy flock to rest at...