The Widow Directed to the Widow's God ...R. Carter & brothers, 1858 - 205 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 19
Page v
... preparing this volume of consolation , all the sorrows of the past have been quickened into life , and new fountains of grief ... prepared this man of God to perform the delicate task of speaking to the widow , and by anticipated sorrows ...
... preparing this volume of consolation , all the sorrows of the past have been quickened into life , and new fountains of grief ... prepared this man of God to perform the delicate task of speaking to the widow , and by anticipated sorrows ...
Page vi
... prepared , that it is the most precious of all his works . There is a subdued and tender spirit breathed into every paragraph and sentence . There is something which seizes upon the best feelings of the man , awakening a livelier ...
... prepared , that it is the most precious of all his works . There is a subdued and tender spirit breathed into every paragraph and sentence . There is something which seizes upon the best feelings of the man , awakening a livelier ...
Page viii
... prepared to meet her sad case ? At least I know of none . Popular treatises of inestimable value , such as Cecil's " Friendly Visit to the House of Mourning ; " Grosvenor's " Mourner Comforted ; " and Hill's " Faith's estimate of ...
... prepared to meet her sad case ? At least I know of none . Popular treatises of inestimable value , such as Cecil's " Friendly Visit to the House of Mourning ; " Grosvenor's " Mourner Comforted ; " and Hill's " Faith's estimate of ...
Page 51
... prepared for it . You have now not only heard of the awful visitor , or read of him , but you have seen him : and though his icy hand has not been laid on you , it has taken from your side the companion of your life . It is not a book ...
... prepared for it . You have now not only heard of the awful visitor , or read of him , but you have seen him : and though his icy hand has not been laid on you , it has taken from your side the companion of your life . It is not a book ...
Page 52
... prepared at once , and completely , for the great change . You saw how valueless in death is every thing but ... Preparation for death is living work . A life of faith , holiness , and devotion is the only prepara- tion for a death - bed ...
... prepared at once , and completely , for the great change . You saw how valueless in death is every thing but ... Preparation for death is living work . A life of faith , holiness , and devotion is the only prepara- tion for a death - bed ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affliction amidst behold bereaved blessed called cast child children of men Christ christian CHRISTOPHER LOVE circumstances comfort confidence consolation dark dead dead man carried dear death deep desolate divine divine grace dwell earth earthly Elijah eternal exer faith Father fatherless feel friends give glorious glory God's grace grave grief hand happy hath heart heaven holy hope husband infinite Jehovah Jesus Judea labour LADY POWERSCOURT ligion living look Lord loss mercy mind minister minister of religion mites Moab mother mourn mourners never Orpah perhaps piety pious poor widow pray prayer precious present promise prophet Psalm recollection rejoice religion salvation Sarepta Saviour scene seemed simple trust sins sorrow soul spirit submission suffered sustain sympathy tears tender thee things thou shalt thought tion trials trust unto voice weep widowhood wife wisdom woman word Zarephath
Popular passages
Page 61 - And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, "Fear not; I am the first and the last. I am he that liveth and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Page 106 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 183 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 69 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; and they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 141 - And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, "Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance ; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her...
Page 77 - Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple : and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters : and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Page 76 - And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, "It is my people:" and they shall say, "The Lord is my God.
Page 118 - As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
Page 74 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 131 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you.