...give strength unto all. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. 14 the American Bible Society oi thee, and of thine own have we given thee. 15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners,...

...liberally, and to say from the heart, with benevolent David, "Now, therefore, our God, we thank ftee, and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what...willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, und OF THINE OWN have we given thee." "Covetousness and selfishness will not always prevail on earth,...

...head above all. Both riches and honour come ofthee, and thou reigneth overall; and in thine hand it is power and might, and in thine hand it is to make...great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, onr God, we thank thee, anil praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we...

...exalted to be head over all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; in thine hand is power and might, and in thine hand it is to...God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name,'" &c. This then, it appears from the plural form of the expression, wa's strictly a social prayer, consisting...

...• • Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what U my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly,...come of thee and of thine own have we given thee." Many readers of the Herald, before looking at this paragraph, will have turned to the account of donations...

...10.) So was David, when, having made very costly offerings for the building of God's temple, he said, "But who am I, and what is my people, that we should...so willingly after this sort ? for all things come from thee,and of thine own have we given thee;"(lChron. xxix. 14.) and the Centurion in the Gospel,...

...so little apparent heartiness ? Why should they not, rather, entitle themselves to say with David, " Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? " Men and Brethren ! Suffer us for a moment to turn away from the heathen and contemplate the future...

...exalted as Head above all. Both riches and honour come of Thee, and Thou reiguest over all ; and in Thine hand is power and might; and in Thine hand it is to...what is my people, that we should be able to offer bo willingly after this sort? for all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee. For...

...cause which Jehovah acknowledges his own ? Let us catch the influence that led royal David to say, " Now, therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise...come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers ; our days on the earth are...

...finished his immense preparations for building the house of the Lord. " But," said the holy monarch, " who am I ? " and what is my people ? that we should...come of thee, *' and of thine own have we given thee !" It is needless to contrast this spirit of genuine religion with the reluctance with which professors...