...addiug one more little cherub to tin1 heavenly host; and io this light you may well say, " The bord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord!" He is belter than ten sons. Your son is in his bosom, and this new cord shall now draw from earth to...

...at this period. Yet meek resignation and deep humility, were mingled with profound sorrow. "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; and blessed be the name of the Lord," was the evident and unvarying language of his heart as well as of his lips. Amid the sad realities...

...remember Job, and how that he gave all up for the IOVR that he had for his Maker, for he said, The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord ; and so must we give all up, if it is required, if we serve God aright; and what should you think...

...of Providence he was divinely supported, and enabled to exclaim, with holy resignation, " The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord." The disposition of this child was remarkably amiable. He rarely displayed any thing like irritability...

...buried it, and went and told Jesus. And he comforted the mourner, and enabled her to say, " The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord." Soon after this, a second daughter died; and before the tears were well dry, her son John Thompson...

...heavy, as it was our only child, especially so to the mother. But we trust we can both say, ' The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord.' We had solemnly giveji him up in baptism, and repeatedly in secret ; and we are under covenant obligations...

...Silence the murmurings of our rebellious hearts. Enable us to say with Thy servant of old, " The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord." Loosen our attachment to earthly comforts, which are only lent to us to be recalled whenever it seemeth...

...and hold them at thy disposal ; and if they are recalled from us, may we be enabled to say, the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; and blessed be the name of the Lord. Fit us for all events. We know not what a day may bring forth ; but we encourage ourselves in the Lord...

...I have been afflicted.' Can you say with one whose afflictions are deservedly proverbial, 'The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord? This is the state of mind which we ought to desire and cultivate when called to experience great affliction....

...house, they could submissively say, " It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good." " The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord." Let Christians strive to be imitators of God. His consolations are not given for our own benefit only....