...shall be next unto thee ?' — are not these pregnant evidences that it was truly said in the story, ' The soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and he loved him as his own soul ?' Did not the psalmist competently practise this duty, when in the sickness...

...friendship. That was friendship which existed between David and Jonathan. There the heart was concerned. " The soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul." Maurice. To what is the difference which exists between man and woman, both as to feeling and intellect...

...pass, when he (David) had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 1 Sa. xviii. 1. And the king (David) was much moved (having heard of hit lon't death), and went up...

...affords so many touching and pathetic incidents. For when David had made an end of speaking unto Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul ; and Saul took David that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. Then Jonathan...

...and from that moment, in the beautiful language of scripture, " the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul." The king of Israel could not but express his gratitude to one who had rendered him such an essential...

...touching colours than the simple language' of the sacred historian : " The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul."* And when by the perverse jealousy and malignity of Saul, David was compelled to flee, and Jonathan...

...this we have an illustrious instance recorded in Scripture, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David; and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Love is to be directed to a double object, God and cur neighbour. I shall consider the excellency of...

...love ; this was the love of David to Jonathan, 1 Sam. xviii. 1. The soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul : this is the true property of love, it knits the soul to the party beloved ; it is not possible if...

...can be more expressive and appropriate than that of Scripture, " the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul." The prince was first to love: it is generally the case that the superior is first in the bestowal of...

...been withheld under the specious plea of personal safety. But " the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul." In the hour of prosperity pretended friends flock around us, and their protestations of affection are...