...tomb of Lazarus. Witness these. , distressed Davids, who weep as they go, and exclaim, O Absalom my son ! my son Absalom / would God I had died for thee ! 0 Absalom my son, my son I 2 Sam. xviii. 33. Witness these Rachels, who make Rama eeho with their cries, refusing to be comforted,...

...father ! look at that society, there is thy son, at whose death thou didst exclaim, O Absalom, my son, would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son! And you,1 too, distressed Rachels ! whose voices are heard, lamenting, weeping, and mourning, refusing...

...pressing them against his temples as though he would press them in, crying: "0 Absalom! my son ! my son! Would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom! my son! my son!" My friends, the question which David, the King, asked in regard to his son is the question that resounds...

...season ; there shall be showers of blessing." CHILDBEN IN RELIGIOUS HOUSEHOLDS. " O MY son Absalom ! my le stiff and needle-like, though exquisitely delicate, hairs which cover its s I" — was the exceeding bitter cry of David as he went up to vent his grief in the chamber of the...

...prime of his days, and the very act of his sin ; and this •was the occasion of those moving words, 0 my son, Absalom, my son, my son, Absalom ! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son ! We may charitably, and I think very reasonably suppose,...

...the prime of his days, and the very act of his sin ; and this was the occasion of those moving words, 0 my son, Absalom, my son, my son, Absalom ! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son ! We may charitably, and I think very reasonably suppose,...

...bereaved of all comrart, and cared not to live but in the name of 'Absalom, goes and weeps and cries out, 0 my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would God I had died for thee; 0 Absalom, my son, my son! what is this we hear ? That he, whose life Israel valued at ten thousand of theirs, should be exchanged...

...bereaved of all comfort, and cared not to live but in the name of Absalom, goes and weeps and cries out, 0 my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ! Would God, I had died for t tire ; 0 Absalom, my son, my son! What is this we hear ? That he, whose life Israel valued...

...went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went thus he said, 0 m)' son Absalom ! my son, my son, Absalom, would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son ! " Such is the sad liistory and end of a favourite son, on whom all that wealw of love was squandered...

...assembled the children, and read a very affecting discourse from Dr. Doddridge, from 2 Samuel xviii. 33, "0 my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son !" It was a very affecting discourse ; our dear children seemed to...