| Threshold - 1862 - 142 páginas
...Whatsoever is brought upon thee, take cheerfully ; and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. Ecclus. ii. 4, 5. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as... | |
| Julius Lloyd - 1862 - 146 páginas
...trial, that it refines and strengthens those who have passed through it. So we read in the Proverbs, " Gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity." In the fourth place, pain is a blessing. This follows partly from what has gone before. For even punishment... | |
| 1862 - 224 páginas
...Christian boldness which not only did not give offence, but which endeared her greatly to them. But, as " gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity," so she had many trials. Among these she had in her later years much bodily distress, and her mind was... | |
| Society of friends - 1862 - 224 páginas
...Christian boldness which not only did not give offence, but which endeared her greatly to them. But, as " gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity," so she had many trials. Among these she had in her later years much bodily distress, and her mind was... | |
| Priest - 1864 - 172 páginas
...Whatsoever is brought npon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. Believe in Him, and He will help thee ; order thy way aright, and trust in Him. Ye that fear the LOED,... | |
| 1864 - 704 páginas
...unstable man, that haa no faith in God, is tossed and borne away upon the wave of every temptation. " Gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity." "We frequently know not the strength that is hidden in us till temptation calls it forth, and shows... | |
| Pastor - 1868 - 304 páginas
...Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. Believe in Him, and He will help thee ; order thy way aright, and trust in Him. Ye that fear the Lord,... | |
| Henri Léon Perreyve - 1868 - 382 páginas
...Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. ' For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. ' Believe in Him, and He will help thee ; order thy way aright, and trust in Him. ' Ye that fear the... | |
| John Bourdieu Wilkinson - 1868 - 614 páginas
...TRINITY. CXII. — On doing what is right without thinking of what others say of us. ECCLUS. ii. 5. — " Gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity." WHAT constituted the peculiar merit of the Patriarch Abraham in his most famous Sacrifice? Some say... | |
| Daniel Veysie - 1869 - 128 páginas
...indeed thought fit to test severely the faith and and patience of his servant, for as it is said, " Gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity ; " * but as * Eccles. ii. 5. Q soon as the good patriarch had been sufficiently proved, then GOD was... | |
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