...and yet we shall insist that she may have been very badly educated. t Comparison : 1. As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. 2. As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 3. He that hath no rule...

...1, 1842. Many thanks for your very excellent letter. A sacred writer might well say, " as cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country," Having spent so many years in America, and those, the most important of my life, every thing which...

...said that no draught had ever seemed to him so sweet * Isaiah, xxxii., v. 2. before, she answered, " As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." * " Methinks," said the little child, "that even as those cold waters to the thirsty soul, such are...

...Helper. London : WH Collingridge, Aldersgate Street. Connmanal gtjjartment. A FEW GRAVE THOUGHTS. " As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." This inspired truth finds an echo in every heart, and it is as true in spiritual things as in secular...

...grain of insincerity, then am I not thy Faithful friend, &c. No. CIII. TO MRS DUNLOP. Novemher, I790. "As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." Fate has long owed me a letter of good news from you, in return for the many tidings of sorrow which...

...affectionate regards, J. HOWABD. Stourbridge. ST. JOHN, LYNN CIRCUIT. — The wise man says, " .4s cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." We have a striking illustration of this in the case of Jacob, when informed that his son Joseph was...

...Yeovil, your well-known Christian brother — Samuel Frask — sendeth greeting. Beloved, as cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country ; and surely no better news can be communicated to the true lovers of Jesus, than for them to hear...

...and die. In allusion to its cheering and refreshing virtues, the sacred record says, "As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." It is made a grand emblem of greater blessings : hence says Jehovah, " I will pour water upon him that...

...praising him for his mighty acts." I am very affectionately, &c. LETTER XXX. MY DEAR E. "As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." When I wrote you last, I hardly dared to hope, that you would so soon " see the salvation of God."...

...cravings of the body and the heart under such circumstances, and say with Solomon, " As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." We had travelled four days from the convent on Mount Sinai, and had during some hours suffered much...