...weary pilgrim should sometimes sigh out the wish, " Oh ! that I had the wings of a dove, for then would I fly away and be at rest. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. Oh ! when shall I leave this poor world, and join the assembly of the church...

...privilege to be able in like manner ourselves to sail off into liquid air, and mount up to heaven ? Oh that I had wings like a dove, then would I fly away and be at rest. So we shall be able to soar, from glorious peak to peak, from one part of God's universe to...

...the sins and tumults of his fellow-men, he said, " Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. — I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest." Earlier even than the promulgation of the Levitical law, the turtle-dove...

...The clefts of this Rock are the wounds of Jesus Christ ; fly thither, 0 my soul, and be safe. " Oh that I had wings like a dove ! then would I fly away and be at rest," Psal. Iv. 6. Thy wings are faith and prayer ; hie thee to this Rock, there only thou art...

...does his nagging, contending spirit cry out, when bearing these burdens which he cannot cast off, " O that I had wings like a dove, then would I fly away, and be at rest !" He longs to love without distraction, to praise without weariness, to serve with an undivided...

...for its success, retires, and closing his door after him, gives vent to his feelings by saying, Oh that I had wings like a dove.! then would I fly away and be at rest. In other circumstances, how delightful for the flock, and to the pastor ! 2. It will make...

...with them that fear him.' Then should I be enabled to adopt the beautiful language of the poet, ' 0 that I had wings like a dove. Then would I fly away, and be at rest.' Sweet rest ! heavenly rest ! rest for the body, rest for the soul ; rest from sin, rest from...

..." O how I long to be gone; like a bird imprisoned in a cage, my soul longs to take its flight. ' O that I had wings like a dove, then would I fly away, and be at rest.'" When he drew near his end, he said, waking from a slumber, — " O what delights ! who can...

...my heart. Sometimes cold and indifferent, then warm desires expressed in the language of David, ' O that I had wings like a dove, then would I fly away, and be at rest.' " He sought forgiveness of his sins, and obtained mercy at the feet of Jesus without any...

...fearing to lose it entirely. And over his mind came, sadly and dimly, the weary words of David, " O that I had wings like a dove ! then would I fly away, and be at rest ;" and it needed all his resolute will to resist flinging himself upon the floor and sobbing...