...shrieking mother, laid my hand upon the poor woman's head, and spoke out clearly and slowly, ' Mother ! the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord ! ' She screamed, ' I had forgotten my God ! God forgive me ! ' And in an instant the tears...

...bound to do by my oath of allegiance, from which I know no power on earth that can absolve me. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord. His ways are inscrutable, and I humbly submit to his decrees, which are all founded in wisdom....

...evidence, again, of communion with and confidence in God, is when one can say, "It is the Lord ; the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord." Another proof of departure from God is, less confidence in him. Tou begin to think of God,...

...graves ? Think not that they, who were Christians indeed, could be guilty of such ingratitude. " The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away — blessed be the name of the Lord ! " were the first words they had spoke by that bedside ; during many, many long years of...

...graves ? Think not that . they, who were Christians indeed, could be guilty of such ingratitude. " The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away — blessed be the name of the Lord!" were the first words they had spoke by that bedside ; during many, many long years of weal...

...any church burial service today, and you will hear the officiating parson read from the service: 'The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, Blessed be the name of the Lord.' In the light of modern knowledge, can you conceive of anything more libellous on the Almighty?...

...herself what she always considered the toughest verse in the Bible. It came from the book of Job, For the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the name of the Lord. She drew strength from the blessed name of the Lord while she served Fred's refreshments...

...had no power to change. As Gertrude Clanton Thomas recorded upon the death of her first infant, "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." In her next sentence, however, she burst forth, "But oh it is hard. Nature rebels and turns...

...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...

...had no power to change. As Gertrude Clanton Thomas recorded upon the death of her first infant, "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." In her next sentence, however, she burst forth, "But oh it is hard. Nature rebels and turns...