...wholly, or even mainly, to such would be to deceive ourselves; it is the tragedy of a nation's faith. "O my Mother! whence is this unto thee, that thou hast...thee, and canst not keep them, and bearest children, yet darest not own them? How is it that whatever is generous in purpose . . . thy power and thy promise,...

...ashamed and hewn down ; Sharon is like a wilderness, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits."t O my mother, whence is this unto thee, that thou hast...thee and canst not keep them, and bearest children, yet darest not own them? why hast thou not the skill to use their services, nor the heart to rejoice...

...corning up as a memorial before God? How is it, 0 once holy place, that ' the land mourneth ?' . . . O my mother, whence is this unto thee, that thou hast...thee and canst not keep them, and bearest children, yet darest not own them ? Why hast thou not the skill to use their services, nor the heart to rejoice...

...has returned their affection. " O my mother," — it is the lamentation of Mr. NKWMAN himself, — " whence is this unto thee, that thou hast good things poured upon thce, and canst not keep them ; and bearest children, yet darest not own them ? Why hast thou not the...

...occasion of the resignation of his parochial duties, he thus apostrophized the Establishment — " O my Mother, whence is this unto thee that thou hast...thee, and canst not keep them, and bearest children, yet darest not own them ? Why hast thou not the skill to use their services, nor the heart to rejoice...

...ashamed and hewn down ; Sharon is like a wilderness, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. O my mother, whence is this unto thee, that thou hast...thee and canst not keep them, and bearest children, yet darest not own them ? Why hast thou not the skill to use their services, nor the heart to rejoice...

...herds of cattle are perplexed, because the/ have no pasture ; yea, the flocks are made desolate. ... О my mother, whence is this unto thee, that thou hast good things poured n¡ion theo and canst not keep them, and bearest children, yet darest not own them ! Why hast thou...

...have no pasture ; yea, the flocks are mado desolate. . . . О my mother, whence is this unto thcc, that thou hast good things poured upon thee and canst not keep them, and !••..;..- 1 culldren, yet darest not own them ? Why hast thou not tlie skill to use their services,...

...ashamed and hewn down ; Sharon is like a wilderness, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits1." O my mother, whence is this unto thee, that thou hast...thee and canst not keep them, and bearest children, yet darest not own them ? why hast thou not the skill to use their services, nor the heart to rejoice...

...ungrateful mother who had cast him from her breast ? " O my mother, whence is this unto thee, that thon hast good things poured upon thee and canst not keep them, and barest children yet darest not own them ? Why hast thou not the skill to use their services, nor the...