...sacramental means, to draw. When one can say, " The King hath brought me into his chambers : I sat down under his shadow with great delight ; and his fruit was sweet to my taste : he brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me was love ;" such seasons of privilege...

..." As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste." accepts their prayers as grateful sacrifices, and their praises as sweet odours. So precious are they...

...wilderness into their celestial Canaan. How will they echo to each other and say, " We sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste."f It was sweet then, it is sweeter now : O the peculiar goodness of distinguishing grace J .Why...

...trust in him be desolate. There are seasons in a good roan's life •when he can say, I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet...witness, and in which piety seeks his shade in vain. » * » » There are three tests of Scripture which have occurred to me in thinking of this tree. Solomon...

...! As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so was my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. A wise son makes a glad father, and shall I not rejoice that mine who was ever wise upon earth, is...

...Joel! As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so was my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his -shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. A wise son makes a glad father, and shall I not rejoice that mine who was ever wise upon earth, is...

...it will accomplish.—It is a beautiful expression used by the church of Christ, " I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste*." It gives the idea of a person not only resting in perfect safety, but in the most pleasing circumstances,—reposing...

...with leaves of the richest gieen. Well might the spouse, applying this figure, exclaim, " I sat under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste." The fragrancy, too, of this tree and its fruit, is admirable ; hence the nose, or breath, of the spouse,...

...yielding, not only shade, but fruit, according to the acknowledgment of the Church — "I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste." So it is said, " They that dwell under His shadow shall return : they shall revive as the corn, and...

...his shadow, but by eating his fruit : these things are the fruits of this tree. " I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste." Before proceeding to the next particular of this proposition, I would apply myself to those that are...