..." Oh thou fairest among women ! oh virtuous -woman ! the hand of the lord hath done this. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord !" The Ethiopia inscription is thus translated : Come, lament o'er this monument, with a beloved husband,...

...Almighty. Come and enable us to say, "It is the Lord, let Him do what seemeth to him good ; the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be...two Christians who have been walking together like "Zachariah and Elizabeth in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." Is the connection...

...not teach me that we must not be reluctant to restore that which was in our keeping? See, "the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away ; and blessed be the name of the Lord. " ' SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF PROVIDENCE. GLEANER. IT was the complaint of Alphonsus, that God might...

...event in its full and important bearings ; and we say, I hope from the heart, " The Lord hath given, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord." Another of the causes which have induced me to offer this " Tribute of Affection to the memory of a...

...his own great name? Was not Job certain of his sincerity, when with such calmness he said, " The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; and blessed be the name of the Lord?'' Yea, did not he constantly assert his sincerity, through all his trials ? " O how love 1 thy law !*...

...messengers, and have not Job's faith and patience, we shall not be able heartily to say, " The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord ;" Job i. 21. 2. My second end in the mentioning these benefits is, that if yet all that is said before...

...not harbour rebellious thoughts, as I did, but pray that you may quietly submit, and say, ' The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord.' To the justness of his discipline I can bear testimony; He has deprived me of many things which I have...

...the things of this world without abusing them, he could from his heart say, ' The Lord hath given, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord.' f " His prevailing characteristics were a purity of mind almost unequalled, and a mildness of manner...

...deprived of life, and were called into an awful eternity ! One of these was Mary Sadler. But " the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord !" for " his judgments are indeed unsearchable, and his ways past finding out !" Thus ended the earthly...

...than ever, perhaps, met in the lot of any other saint, thus expressed himself: " The Lord hath given, and the Lord hath taken away; and blessed be the name of the Lord." Like those saints of former times, all who have made progress in growth in grace, manifest, under trials,...