...Misery .is the road to Happiness, ^Suffering the way to Glory, and Death the way to Life. (Truly his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts.) It 'is evident, from scripture, and also from experience, that these are the maxims of Heaven. Nothing,...

...Abraham's days, BC 2093. Thus, by a singular and most unexpected and surprizing dispensation of Him, " whose ways are not as our ways, nor His thoughts as our thoughts," was Saul " the blasphemer" of CHRIST, and "persecutor" of his saints, made the first fruits of the...

...because his other perfections are infinite." Here she interrupted me, and said, " Yes, Sir ; but his ways are not as our ways ; nor his thoughts as our thoughts." " That sentiment," I replied, " is very true, and very pious, when rightly understood ; but it has...

...at our request he again retired, if possible, to rest. Lydia said to her,— "My dear, 'the Lord's ways are not as our ways, nor His thoughts as our thoughts.' " " No !" she answered, " His thoughts are, indeed, not as our thoughts : I should have supposed that...

...of the 'marks of human wisdom, we are naturally led to say, '" Salvation belongeth unto God. — His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." Therefore, when conviction of sin makes us feel the necessity, and discovers the glory of our Saviour's...

...redemption ; they will as surely meet, in perfect concord, in that particular and awful close of it. God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts, in such respects as this ; and he is verily all mighty. And this is a sufficient answer, and one that...

...stagger faith, and cause the believer to say, 'Can such a thing be?' But, O it is true, it is true: Ilia ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts ; but as the heavens are high above the earth, so are his ways above ours, and his thoughts above ours....

...circumstances of the life, and apparently premature death of this individual, remind us, that God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. But as he proposes a wise and righteous end in all his MYSTERY OF PROVIDENCE. <>f dealings with the...

...attack ; and had flattered myself with the hope of life being protracted to a distant period. But God's ways are not as our ways ; nor his thoughts as our thoughts. After purifying our dear friend in the furnace of affliction, he judged it fit to cut short his work...

...are not altogether hidden from our view. It is indeed emphatically said of the Most High, that " His ways are not as our ways, " nor His thoughts as our thoughts," that " His judgments are unsearchable, and His " ways past finding out;" that His " path is " in the...