...thou art fatten!" And do we address one, any one, in whose life Job's lamentation is appropriate, " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...and when, by his light, I walked through darkness; as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle, when the Almighty...

...Job when he said, ' the arrows of the Almighty are within me;' and again, 'Oh that it were with me as in months past, as in the days when God preserved...and when by his light I walked through darkness,' Job xxix. 2, 3. In such an hour as this, when the feeling of distance from God is almost insupportable,...

...months past, as in the days when God preserved me: When his candle shined upon my head, and when bv nvers of oil. ' When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness...

...is to have the light of his countenance withdrawn. Lord, says the poor soul, what shall I do? " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ; as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle, when my roof was...

...; and to bring thee where one of old was brought, who cried out in the bitterness of his soul, "Oh, that I were as in months past, as in the days when...candle shined upon my head, and when by his light 1 walked through darkness," Job xxix. 2, 3; or with the church, "Tell me, O thou, whom my soul loveth,...

...God's countenance, but now the consolations of God are small with thee. You have to say with Job, " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...and when by his light I walked through darkness." Your state is similar to that so feelingly described by Asaph, " In the day of my trouble I sought...

...the mental balance, arid leaving its miserable victim to adopt the lamentation of the man of Uz, " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ; — as I was in the days of my youth, when, the secret of God was upon my tabernacle." Under all...

...3 — 6). Then it is the mournful' remembrance of better and more humble days that sighs out, " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness" (xxix. 2, 3). Thus the fierce conflict rends his soul asunder. For the man who only hears of God will...

...xxi. 17. " How oft is the candle of the wicked put out !" xviii. 6. Prov. xx. 20. xxix. 2, 3. " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...and when by his light I walked through darkness." (2 Sam. xxii. 29. Ps. cxix. 105.) PROV. xiii. 9. " The light of the righteous rejoiceth, but the lamp...

...when his soul was wrung with anguish, and he wished to get back again to where he was before ! " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ; as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle ; when the Almighty...