...uncomplaining contentment. He "who searcheth the hearts" alone knows; but let all such remember that " gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity : " let them remember that the rank soil of prosperity is unfitted to develope the shoots of those...

...the persuasion, that, whatever befalls the English Church, will be for its greater good. If " gold be tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity," it is natural to suppose a like discipline necessary, for the perfection of collective bodies, and...

...saving baptism, which is compared to fire, whose nature is to consume and purify. Thus the righteous are tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. God knows his own children, and they know him, and are not deceived: — but he is hid to them who...

...offence to France. ' Send them off,' said he, ' and then proclaim them as deserters.' If ' gold be tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity', a valuable institution, intended to be made still more valuable, is likely to be brought under an analogous...

...by the persuasion, that whatever befals the English Church will be for its greater good. K ' gold be tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity,' it is natural to suppose alike discipline necessary for the perfection of collective bodies and corporate...

...the persuasion, that, whatever befalls the English Church, will be for its greater good. If " gold be tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity," it is natural to suppose a like discipline necessary for the perfection of collective bodies and corporate...

...wise inun saith, My son, saith he, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul 1'or temptation, for gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. (see the Apoc. to Eccl. 2. — see Matt. iv. 1 — 2^ Tim. iii. 12.— 1 Peter. iv 12.— Rev. iii....

...purge away the dross, and to refine them for the Master's use. ' Gold,' saith the son of Sirach, ' is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity ;' Ecclus. ii. 5. In the meantime, God's displeasure against the wicked is ever the same, and their...

...brought upon thee, take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed from a high to a low estate; for gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity." The vicious, upon the contrary, however they may be surrounded by splendour — however they may be...

...N under the shadow of the Almighty.' Lord, unite u* in one spirit to thyself more closely." • • Gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. ' " The greatest saints are generally the greatest sufferers. They mistake who suppose that Mrs. Gibson...