| Robert Butler - Biography - 1826 - 302 pages
...hope to assemble with the people of God in his house of prayer, and from a real experience, to say, " How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts ! my soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the Lord ; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God," &c. March 29.— Ten... | |
| Robert Morrison - Missions - 1826 - 434 pages
...recollection of past days of delight and happiness, found in God's house, the soul cries out — " How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts ; my soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God !" The exile and the wanderer... | |
| 1826 - 538 pages
...above. On those trying occasions, the language of her inmost soul to " the God of her fathers " was, " how amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God." Not only was she desirous... | |
| Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 692 pages
...this duty, from the Scriptural record which has been transmitted to us of their pious aspirations. " How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Blessed are they that... | |
| Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 620 pages
...this duty, from the Scriptural record which has been transmitted to us of their pious aspirations. " How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Blessed are they that... | |
| John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 518 pages
...design, is the best preparation for any duty. So David expresseth his delight in the worship of God. ' How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts ! my soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God;' Psal. lxxxiv. 1, 2.... | |
| John Dennant - 1826 - 350 pages
...alive, and are ready to say on a Lord's-day morning, " Thou art my God, early will I seek thee. A day in thy courts is better than a thousand ; I had rather be "a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of sin." The Lord's people find their souls to thrive... | |
| Edward Joseph White - Bible and law - 2000 - 468 pages
...delivered against Israel, for violating the commandments. Sec. 232. Ood's Court Compared to Man's. 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. (Ps. 84: 10.) ' David's idea of justice,... | |
| Colin Pritchard - Fiction - 2000 - 692 pages
...swallow a nest where she may lav her young, even thine altars; O Lord of Hosts my King and my God. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door keeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the heathen for ever." With wild hallelujahs,... | |
| Douglas Bond - Hymn writers - 2000 - 260 pages
...Psalm 84; no doubt, the Psalmist experienced something very like this, only in the Temple. It reads: 'How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where... | |
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