...of the parable, ch. xviii. 10 14. Again : « So ' the widow Anna, as it is written in the gospel, " departed not from * the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers, night and day ; " ' ch. ii. 37. i 1 Ecclesia, paradis! instar exprimens, arboreg fructiferas trem aut matrem super...

...re-37>33markable for Mortification and Devotion, came in at ihe same Instant. They both gave Thanks unto the Lord, and spake of him to all that looked for Redemption in Jerusalem; Simeon in that admirable Hymn, which our Church hath adopted intoVer'3J' her Offices, and with which...

...to others the paths of righteousness. " This mother in Israel," the inspired historian testifies, " departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day." An attention thus uniform and ardent to every ordinance of God has an astonishing influence in recommending...

...God with fastings and pray, ers night and day; 38. She also coming in that instant, gave thanks to the Lord, and spake of him to all that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. 39. And having performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to...

...; she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her vir37 ginity ; and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which...served God with fastings and prayers night and day. 38. And she coming in that instant, gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them...

...delight in such religious exercises. True grace had this effect bn Anna the prophetess.; Luke ii. 37. She departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And grace had this effect upon the primitive Christians in Jerusalem; Acts ii. 46, 47. And they continuing...

...she had lived to be more than an hundred years old, yet was not weary of this duty. It is said, " She departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day," Cornelins also is commended for his constancy in this duty. It is said, that -he prayed to God always;...

...CXC1V' *' parted not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers a night and day. 38 And she coming in that instant, gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake pf • Act» 2(>. 7. 1 '! ¡in. 5. 5. talion, and to comfort. So we find this holy widow proclaiming...

...she was of a gréât âge, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; 37 And ishe was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from thé temservant Dieu nuit et jour, en jeunes et en prières. 38 Etant donc survenue en ce même instant,...

...of Ast she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which...thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. And when they had performed all things according to *iie...