 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 532 pages
...now. Do you not see that they have left off your carnal pleasures ? "I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness." Do you see no difference in their tempers, habits, lives? Are they not calmer, happier, heavenlier,... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 580 pages
...now. Do you not see that they have left off your carnal pleasures ? "I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness." Do you see no difference in their tempers — habits — lives ? Are they not calmer, happier, heavenlier,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1848 - 670 pages
...There is a pleasure in attending wisdom's door. " For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand : I had rather be a door keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." There is a sweet peace in the way of duty ; yea, the straitest... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1849 - 646 pages
...say, Psal. Ixxxiv. 10. " A day in thy courts is better than a thousand ; I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness. Those that rest in them, and are pleased when the task is got done, shew they value not the true use... | |
 | Dean of Moray - 1849 - 92 pages
...unto Thy rest, O my soul; for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness. " From this time cry unto me, My Father Thou art." 13. For recollection of the Divine Presence. The... | |
 | Donna Moss - 1998 - 244 pages
...Aasland B> F га- ther be a door-keeper in the Dm WORDS: Psalm 84: lOb "I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness." (RSV) The piano arrangement has a rather unusual pattern in this song. Quarter notes "walk" down in... | |
 | Margaret Long, Viscountess Margaret Long - 1999 - 220 pages
...water. They will go from strength to strength . . . For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. For the Lord God is a light and defence . . . O Lord God of hosts,... | |
 | John O'Donnell - 1999 - 302 pages
...God . . . For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness"). One can also think of Simeon and Anna, those beautiful figures who bridge the Old Testament and the... | |
 | Judith Lomax - 1999 - 180 pages
...on my way, and oh in thy infmite mercy make but the humblest instrument in thy service for I would rather be a door keeper in the house of my God, than to serve in king's palaces. May 26 Have been writing to a dear Sister in Christ — Christians when... | |
 | Colin Pritchard - 2000 - 692 pages
...thine altars; O Lord of Hosts my King and my God. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door keeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the heathen for ever." With wild hallelujahs, glad hosannas and copious tears, the men cried out in... | |
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For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness. 
