 Of him it may be truly said that, " when the ear heard him, then it blessed him ; and when the eye saw him, it gave witness to him. Because he delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that...  Letters to the Gentlemen, Clergy, Freeholders, Manufacturers, Tradesmen, and ... - Seite 60von Sydney - 1818 - 67 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1807 - 592 Seiten
...will give vent to my feelings, and in the inimitable language of the inspired penman exclaim, that " When the ear heard him, then it blessed him ; and when the eye saw him, it gave witness to him ;— hccausa he delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless, and him that had none to help him: —... | |
 | 1808 - 604 Seiten
...lame. He was a father to the poor, and the cause which he knew not he searched out." In consequence, " when the ear heard him, then it blessed him, and when the eve saw him, it gave witness to him." His known charities to the poor and unfortunate, and his contributions... | |
 | 1808 - 614 Seiten
...lame. He was a father to the poor, and the cause which he knew not he searched out." In consequence, " when the ear heard him, then it blessed him, and when the eve saw him, it pave witness to him." His known charities to the poor and unfortunate, and his contributions... | |
 | 1847 - 760 Seiten
...things, so that it may justly be said of him as of the patriarch of old, " When the ear heard htm, then it blessed him : and when the eye saw him it gave witness to him, because he delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The... | |
 | John Kingston - 1814 - 472 Seiten
...honoured as princes among the people of God, refrained talking, and laid their hand upon their mouth. When the ear heard him, then it blessed him ; and when the eye saw him, it gave witness to him. " His character was free from those inconsistencies, which are too generally observable among the professors... | |
 | William Russel - 1816 - 122 Seiten
...charitable purposes? — Of whom his fellow citizens have testified in the language of Job, that " when the ear heard him, then it blessed him ; and when the eye saw him ; it gave witness to him } — the blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon him ; and he caused the widows heart to... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 600 Seiten
...who should sometimes sit down to a less profuse and costly board at home, if, at his going abroad, " when the ear heard him, then it " blessed him; and when the eye saw him, it gave " witness to him ; because he delivered the poor that " cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to " help him... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1818 - 390 Seiten
...through the city, the young men refrained talking ; and the aged arose and stood up. When the ear heard, then it blessed him; and when the eye saw him, it gave witness to him : because he delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and those that had none to help them.... | |
 | Peter Smith - 1818 - 510 Seiten
...righteous in his generation, obtained a good report, because he was bountiful as he had opportunity. " When the ear heard him, then it blessed him ; and when the eye saw, it gave witness to him ; because he delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless and him that had... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1819 - 390 Seiten
...challenge the judgment of man, and actually obtained it. For we are told, because he did all this, that when the ear heard him, then it blessed him, and when the eye saw him, it gave witness unto him. There is not a more frequent exercise of mind in society, than that by which the members... | |
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