...brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him. Lamentations iii. 24, " The LORD is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in him." Sixthly, Verse tenth. "And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh, before the LORD ; and there Joshua...

...language is, " whom have I in heaven but thee, and there " is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. The " Lord is my portion, saith my soul, THEREFORE WILL " I HOPE IN HIM. " Yes ; and you have reason to do so. Let the exercise of this hope be constant and increasing. Though...

...of her best external comforts, placed her happiness and her hope in Jehovah, as her sure portion : " The Lord •is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in himb." And Asaph, when he was emerging from his depths of spiritual trouble, said to Jehovah, " Whom...

...teeth. Let who will, then, say to gold, Thou art my hope, and to fine gold, Thou art my confidence ; The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him. But I will endeavour to speak more closely, and therefore, In the third place, let us seriously inquire...

...consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning : great is thy faithfulness. 24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a...

...glory. And the prophet Jeremiah, Lflm. 3. 24. saith, which is principally accomplished in heaven, " the Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him." Now for us who are here in this lower world, we have but narrow conceptions concerning the enjoyment...

...is perished from the Lord; it is considered' afterwards as encouraging itself in him, as in ver. 24. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him ; and, in ver. 31. For the Lord will not cast off" for ever. But when unbelievers are tempted to despair,...

...then to whatever bereavements we may be subjected in this changing scene, we shall be able to say, " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in him." In the chanced countenance zee see a proof that we tno must die, and that perhaps in an unexpected...

...in those that hope in his mercy. Though flesh and heart fail, the Lord is the rock of my heart ; he is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him. The Lord is good to them that wait for him ; to the soul that seeks him. It is good that I should both hope, and quietly...

...our happiness in fellowship with him. We shall be able to adopt the words of Jeremiah, saying, '• The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him ;" and those of the Psalmist, " The Lord is the lot of mine inheritance, and the portion of my cup...