...remembering that your treasure is in heaven, and saying with holy Job, under his heavier trials, " The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away : blessed be the name of the Lord." 2. Do you overcome the world, as to its evil customs, maxims, and examples ? To do a thing...

...remembering, that your treasure is in heaven, and saying with holy Job, under his heavier trials, " The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away : blessed be the name of the Lord." 2. Do you overcome the world, as to its *vil customs, maxims, and examples? To do a thing...

...was. at the Mauritius, unequalled. But he is gone ! and it is our duty to bear the rod, and be silent. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. A hymn was sung before the corpse was removed ; thousands of the inhabitants from all parts...

...foundation, has placed the image of despair amidst the ruins. It is not the submission of Job, saying, 'the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord,' but the impatience of Micha, exclaiming, 'they have taken away my Gods which I had made,...

...have, however, cause to praise our God for his supporting grace, and at times can from the heart say, "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord." Wishing you every needful supply of grace and strength, which you, in your present painful...

...subjected to yet — yea, it might squeeze out a little of the spice, as it did out of Job, when he said, ' The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.' My dear brother we never cry so well as we do when the devil pinches us. It was, (and so...

...heart yielded its beloved object into the hands of Him who was still more beloved. The language was, " The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord !" Parents have parted with an only child, without uttering a single complaint. I recollect...

...weather, or any other accident, I will look to thee alone, and will say patiently and humbly with Job, The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. If a poor man, or rather thyself by a poor man, ask of me assistance, I will cheerfully give...

...in God was not shaken by these -calamities ; he •bowed with -submission to -God's will and said, " The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord." After this Satan was permitted to tempt Job still further, and Job was -smitten with a painful...

...silence he had maintained, " let us trust God with our child, and let us trust him with our ownselves. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord ! We are old, and can have but a little farther to travel in our journey, and then " — he...