...appointed. SAMUEL DUNN. Nervcastle-on-Tyne, Dee. 13th, 1845. THEOLOGY. THE PRISON OF THE SOUL. A SERMON. " Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name." — Psalm cxlii. 7. This Psalm is said to contain a prayer of David when he was in a cave. The Psalmist...

...answers to Book iii., hymn 34 ; • and no prayer seems more suitable to me than that of the Psalmist, " Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name." We love you and Mrs. Bull. Tell her so. And, once more let me beg, that if I cannot come to you, you...

...answers to Book iii., hymn 34 ; and no prayer seems more suitable to me than that of the Psalmist, " Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name." We love you and Mrs. Bull. Tell her so. And, once more let me beg, that if I cannot come to you, you...

...!" " While life is wasting and souls are perishing, I may yet earnestly plead with the psalmist, ' Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name.' I may sing with the poet: My stock lies dead, and no increase Does my dull husbandry improve ; Oh !...

...3. While life is wasting, and souls are perishing, I may yet earnestly plead, with the Psalmist, ' Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name.' I may sing with the poet, " My stock lies dead, and no increase Does my dull husbandry improve : Oh...

...spirit fails — The waters come in unto my soul : I sink in the deep mire where is no standing — Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name — Make me to know the things that are freely given to me of God — Not stagger through unbelief;...

...the opening of the prison to them that are bound, &c." Isaiah Ixi. 1, 2, 3, And David prayed, saying, "Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. The Lord despiseth not his prisoners. The Lord executeth judgment for the oppressed, he giveth food...

...spirit fails — The waters come in unto my soul : I sink in the deep mire, where is no standing — Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name — Make me to know the things that are freely given to me of God — Not stagger through unbelief...

...all laid on the earth. • The prison and the pit are continually used as metaphors in the Bible. " Bring my soul out of prison that I may praise thy name ;" Psa. xlii. 7. What prison was this ? We reply, it was a mere metaphor. See, also, the words of Isaiah...

...cry ; For I am brought very low : Deliver me from my persecutors ; For they are stronger than I. 7 Bring my soul out of prison, That I may praise Thy Name : The righteous shall compass me about ; For Thou shalt deal bountifully with me. REFLECTIONS. The...