...hope. It is the hand of a Father that smites ; and he smites not in anger, but in love. •• The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away • blessed be the name of the Lord ! " Do your fears arise from the remains of indwelling sin ? This is a just cause for deep...

...ever be resigned. " Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil also? The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord ?'r I sincerely believe that my dear pupil, your deceased school-mate, is now in a far better...

...ever be resigned. " Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil also? The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord ?" I sincerely believe that my dear pupil, your deceased school-mate, is now in a far better...

...sedition. Let this teach us not to be confident of the continuance of any of our public blessings. У he Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. 2. National judgments are dînèrent in their consequences upon different persons, according...

...calm spread over the soul of the distressed mother, who exclaimed, in the language of true piety, The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord. — To this Mr. Mason uttered a ferveut amen. As Augusta and her cousins had had the small-pox,...

...gathered around, offering words of consolation, but they were only as idle murmurs in her ears. " The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away— blessed be the name of the Lord," eaid the good pastor, who, only a year before, had lifted the sweet boy in his arms,and,in...

...fades away. We must feel, and feel sincerely — however dark and difficult it may be — that " the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the Name of the Lord," before the healing balm can be poured into our wound, and the tears of sorrow gradually...

...for the Lord God of Israel hath taken away the Counsellor, the Mighty Man, the Man of War. But i lie Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. Air. Parent of Mercy, Lord benign^ 'Who sits on high enthron'd ; Who gives the beam of алу...

...Ecclesiastical History, vol. iii. p. 2-17. as for our example, upon whom the ends of the world are come : The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. In all this Job sinned not, &c. 4llily. We have since our confinement tasted a greater sweetness...

...broken hearts, or pine away disconsolately to their graves ? Think not that they, who were Christians indeed, could be guilty of such ingratitude. " The...and the Lord taketh away— blessed be the name of the Lord !" were the first words they had spoke by that bedside ; during many, many long years of weal...