...earthen floor, without cordial for his lips, or potatoes to point out to a crying infant, — often we have heard him whisper to himself (and to Another who heard him !) " The Lord giveth, and the Lord takett away, blessed be the name of the Lord ." Such men need not always make bad neighbours. • ....

...for ever. My young, my beautiful, my brave ! She is taken from me ; I am left bereaved of her. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord — !' ' His Highness,' says Maidston, ' being at Hampton Court, sick' ened a little before...

...some who were unworthy) let us all learn resignation to his blessed will, and say with holy Job, " The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord." And, dear friends, I may farther signify unto you, that it being my lot to be with this...

...Crusoe's calmness and resignation were quite admirable. Rising, he embraced Friday, saying — ' the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord I' Poor Friday, however, began to cry, and I felt disposed to keep him company, when Robinson...

...after laying him in the earth, as you have done of your Jessie, I could have said as in her case, " The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord." But all my other trials put together could not balance what I have suffered, and still at...

...gathered around, offering words of consolation, but they were only as idle murmurs in her ears. " The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away— blessed be the name of the Lord," said tho good pastor, who, only a year before, had lifted the sweet boy in his arms,and,in...

...down, O my soul; why art thou disquieted within me ? Trust in the Lord, and return to thy rest. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord." Be this the language of those who now mourn in Zion. Your loss may be great, your affliction...

...agony of spirit, but with the deep feeling of resignation which religion alone can inspire, — " The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord!" " Grief wrings her soul and bends it down to earth." This rencontre, which had been too...

...thou deprive us of any thing dear to our hearts, without the purpose of doing us greater good. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. Blessed be God, for every testimony of conscience that we have endeavoured faithfully to...

...he answers is, in his own dialect, everyway sincere, and yet equivalent to that of Christians, 'The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.' He answered in like manner of Seid, his emancipated well-beloved Slave, the second of the...