...tli^tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6 Look not upon me, becaufe I am black, becaufe the fun e glory of his majefty. 11 The lofty looks of man fliall be humbled, and the haughtinefs the vineyards j but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 fl Tell me, O thou whom my foul Joveth, where...

...comely, Oye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6 Look not upon pon the children's children, onto the third and to the me vineyards; but mine own vineyard have 1 not kept. 7 Tell me, O thou whom rrly soul loveth, where...

...blanket about me, I could not shut out this fact, and was now constrained to acknowledge, " They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." With many, I had passed for a zealous, liberal, devoted servant of Christ; but when apparently on the...

...noon :for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?'] Look not upon me because I am black, because the sun hath looked...vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept. She laid down her pen, and was thoughtful; her elbow resting on the escrotoire she wrote upon, her...

...Jerusalem, as the" tents of Kedar,' as the curtains of Solomon. Look not upon me, because I am btarfc, because the sun hath looked upon me; my mother's children were angry with me ; they made me the kf eper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have' I not kept." Here, then, to far from being amongst...

...what is our duty, as we are busy about that which is not. The spouse confesseth this, Cant. i. 6, " They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept ;" she could not mind theirs and her own too : our own iron will cool while we are heating another's....

...our children. We fear that the following- language has been but two applicable to us. "They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept" The Lord forgive us, and grant that all our children may be written among the living in Jerusalem. We will...

...the wrong channel. I fear most of us may take up the church's complaint, in Cant. i. 6, " They have made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept." Two things have eaten up the time and strength of the professors of this generation, and sadly diverted...

...scorched countenance, or one that is bgrnt black. Hence the spouse in the Canticles saith, " Look not upon me because I am black : because the sun hath looked upon me," Cant. i. 6. It is Very probable these woflds refer to the queen of Shcba, who came to visit Solomon,...

...as it approaches home, for in a dying hour it will be painful to adopt the language, * They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept.'" " To maintain a due proportion of character, the Christian should live for the public good, while he...