...object of their worship and love, but the inexhaustible and everlasting source of their felicity! " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him." J There they possess all that their hearts can. desire, and more than tongue can express. " They are...

...was much engaged whilst in prayer this morning. Such . seasons I reckon amongst my greatest mercies. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope and rejoice in him. After breakfast, walked with Mr. Gordon into Lord Charlemont's domains, which are...

...right. "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.— The Lorfl is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in Him. — I sorrow not as those without hope." I shall go to those I love, though they shall not return to...

...people had been already prepared to receive them. Mr. Davenport, in a series of sermons from the text, " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him," had called the attention of his flock to the gloomy aspect of the cause of liberty and religion in...

...in the fields, or the domestic servant, who, possessing little of the world's good, can exclaim, " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him." CHRISTIAN REPROOF. To any of his friends who had contracted the irreverent habit of taking God's name...

...sanctified by the presence of Jehovah. In every one of them " he bows his heavens and comes down." " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him." But again : The true believer has the Lord for his inheritance, because he has the peace of God shed...

...had been laid desolate, and his best friends and earthly comforts swept away by the storm of war : " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in him." Hear the apostle of the Gentiles : " For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels,...

...consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him." Lam. iii. 22—24. CompassionsJ HIS compassions. ' How full of sweetness is this word; it includes...

...? doth she give up her faith and hope, and return to that fear that begot the first bondage ? No; " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him ;" yea, she adds, " O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life," Lam....

...as my Father: and shall I not honour my Father, and give him reverence, when I am chastened of him? The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. I will wait for the Lord, who hideth his face; I will look after him ; he retaineth not his anger for...