...the Lord's flock is carried away captive." Jer. 13 : 17. Gracious joy is also of a retired nature : " My mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips, when I remember thee upon my bed, and me ' dilate on thee in the night-watches." Psalm 63 : 5. The most eminent divine favors which the saintu...

...them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake I am still with thee." Ps. cxxxix. 17, 18. " I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night-watches." Ps. Ixiii. 6. " My meditation of him shall be sweet." Ps. civ. 34. Isaiah represents...

...will fear no evil : for Thou art with me ; Thy rod, and Thy staff, they comfort me d. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth...my bed, and meditate on Thee in the night watches ". The Lord will command His loving kindness in the day-time, and in the night His song shall be with...

...the night," we respond that is literally true in one's own experience. David says, " My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth...my bed, and meditate on Thee in the night watches. Because Thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice." And elsewhere...

...way-marks of his providence, and musing on his abiding love. At night, he says, " My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth...remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night-watches." God's excellencies were his soul's food. Meditation nourished him when in the wilderness,...

...explains this duty ; / will remember, saith he, thy works of old, and talk of thy doings. And elsewhere, My mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips> when...my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches., because thou hast been my help. Here is his advertence to and recollection of the mercies of God towards...

...praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live : I will lift up my hands in thy name. My soul shall be satisfied, as with marrow and fatness ; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.' Psal. Ixxxiv. 1—4. ' How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! My soul longeth, yea, even...

...praise thee. Tbus will I bless thee while I hve : I will lift up my hands in tby name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips." " How amiable are tby tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts...

...mountain top, and sing, " Through the mercy of the Most High, I shall not be moved. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness — and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.' Nor is he less mindful of our temporal circumstances ; and there never was a time when the temporal...

...set the Lord always before me, in whose favour is life. My soul is filled as with marrow and fatness, when I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches." Many officers from the French camp gratified their curiosity by visiting him in his last sickness,...