...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 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...

...comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6 Look not upon keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 Tell me, О thou whom my soul loveth,...

...And in the Song of Solomon, 1st chapter and 6th verse, these words are to be found: " Look not upon me because I am black, Because the sun hath looked upon me." In 1582, when but eighteen years of age, he married Ann Hathaway who was eight years older than himself....

...Jerusalem, when her mother's children were angry with her, and she was obliged to say, " Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me." Thus Hannah vanished from the highpriest Eli's sphere of vision, whilst praying in the temple, and...

...to my mother's children." The same allusion occurs in the complaint of the spouse: " Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked...with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards." The children of one wife, scarcely looked upon the children of the other wives as their brothers and...

...beautiful figures on fine tapestry. Dr. Hodgson. of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6 Look not upon ll his days are h sorrows, and keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth,...

...brotherly love, I beseech my fellow teachers to attend to their own souls, and let it never be said, " they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept. Zeal is praiseworthy, but it must be tempered with knowledge in order to be useful. Where is knowledge...

...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...

...comely, O ve daughters of Jemsalem, as the tents of Redar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6 Look not upon it u written in the law in ray mother'! children were angry with me ; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard...

...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...