...black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me ; they made me ons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon...

...crossed the minds of those who have been actively and usefully engaged in a good cause — " They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." One thing, however, is certain, he cannot be a thriving Christian, growing in grace, in the knowledge...

...public kind, require to be on their guard lest their case resemble that described, Song i. 6 — " They made me the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept." Earnest prayer should therefore be made by each believer for himself, that he may grow in grace and...

...of these things is the cause why so many cry out: " My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me."* " They made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept."f God has closely connected the means with the end, as he has also the precept with the promise...

...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. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon...

...hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. Luke xix. 17. 0 They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept. Cant. i. 6. fellow countrymen were injudicious, and failing in many graces and talents that might have...

...whole soul in promoting the salvation of others, as afterwards to call forth the lamentation, " They made me the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept." How many readers of "The Church" are constant hearers of the gospel, but hearers only ! Oh, that casting...

...not already done so, we shall ere long he joining in the mournful lamentation of the spouse, " They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." There are many reasons, aside from the tendency of the age, why the cultivation of the heart is neglected....

...neglecting their own. Many a minister has had occasion to lament, in bitterness of spirit, " They made me a keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." The duties which ministers owe themselves may be considered under two divisions; the one relating to...

...successful effort, for the benefit of others, may be followed by the lamentation — "They made me keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept," Cant. i. 6. The danger becomes yet greater, as the object of pursuit diverges from religion. And Christians...