...to another man : abide with me. 20 And Jacob ' served seven years for Rachel : and they seemed unto u shouldest say, I have made Abram rich : 24 Sa • CK 1 » Jorlj. i.3. i Stain. & 1. * 19. 12. 13— h Hib. a month of day,. C Ch. 11 II. » 21. IB...

...long apprenticeship to prevent the foregoing of his beloved, beautiful, and graceful Rachel; for it seemed to him but a few days for the love he had to her }." The second instance we select is that of Mr. Thomas Throckmorton, of Coughton, nephew of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton,...

...long apprenticeship to prevent the foregoing of his beloved, beautiful, and graceful Rachel ; for it seemed to him but a few days for the love he had to her.' t" In negotiations with the catholic leaders before he came to the throne, and even for a short period...

...long apprenticeship to prevent the foregoing of his beloved, beautiful, and graceful Rachel ; for it seemed to him but a few days for the love he had to her J." The second instance we select is that of Mr. Thomas Throckmorton, of Coughton, nephew of Sir Nicholas...

...waters cannot quench love : " and though Jacob served seven years for Rachael, yet " they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her." Since, then, this passion is so strong, and its influence so powerful ; its sanctificatibn is of the...

...its ardour or its strength. He served Laban seven years, that he might receive Rachel as his wife ; " and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love that he had to her." — " And Jacob said unto Laban, ' Give me my wife ; for my days are fulfilled.'...

...her to another man : abide with me. And Jacob served seven years for Kachel ; and they seemed unto o death. And the prophet Isaiah the ^" son of A . i. *.. t* 21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that lai I may...

...did this sweeten every trouble, and enhance every enjoyment, that the inspired writer assures us, " Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed...to him but a few days, for the love he had to her." No other feeling of the human mind could have so shortened and sweetened the term of that lengthened...

...And Jacob loved Rachel and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; and they seemed...to him but a few days for the love he had to her." Read that beautiful passage, Proverbs, v. 15; "Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters...

...thy soul. Thou knowest what Jacob felt, when he served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. A gospel-spirit does the same to God — love makes long service short, and hard service easy. Nothing...