 | John Newton - 1857 - 488 pages
...appointments ; so that, when his will is manifested by the event, you are enabled to say, " All is well." " I was dumb and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." She is gone a little before you ; and after a few more changes, you will meet her again to unspeakable... | |
 | 1857 - 788 pages
...When the melancholy news of his death reached me, what distress was I plunged into! But the passage, "I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it," wonderfully allayed my agitation. This cir•cumstance led me to pray, with renewed earnestness, for... | |
 | George Seaton Bowes - 1860 - 478 pages
...xiii. 7 ; xviii. 11 ; Acts xi. 17 ; Heh. xii. 4 — 13 ; 1 Pet. iv. 12, 13 ; v. 7. Ps. xxxix. 9, " I was dumb, and opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it." 1. It is our duly to be resigned. Murmuring and rebellion are the marks of the ungodly. (Cf. Isa. li.... | |
 | 1861 - 376 pages
...Maclean. DD, President of the College, from Ps. xlvi. 10 ; xxxix. 9. " Be still and know that I am God." " I was dumb and opened not my mouth because thou didst it." He also spoke of the distinguished ability with which Professor Hope managed the instruction of his... | |
 | George Seaton Bowes - 1863 - 520 pages
...27; John xiii. 7; xviii. 11; Acts xi. 17; Heb. xii. 4-13; 1 Pet. iv. 12, 13; v. 7. Ps. xxxix. 9, " I was dumb, and opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it." 1. It is our duty to be resigned. Murmuring and rebellion are the marks of the ungodly. (Cf. Isa. li.... | |
 | John Foster - 1863 - 402 pages
...when we mark the finger of God in whatsoever bef als us ; when we are taught to say, with David : ' I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because Thou didst it;' when the Word of God becomes precious ; when a man is awakened from his carnal security ; when faith... | |
 | Charles Henry Mackintosh - 1867 - 224 pages
...them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace." " I was dumb and opened not my mouth, because Thou didst it." Aaron saw the hand of the Lord in the solemn scene before him, and was still ; not a murmur escapes... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - 1867 - 660 pages
...gives me to bear ; but then there stands before my eyes that pious Sufferer, Who once Himself said, " I was dumb and opened not My mouth, because Thou didst it." Again, I then remember the blessed promise, " He shall deliver thee in six troubles, yea, in seven... | |
 | 1867 - 858 pages
...I am God." In visitations like these the devout Christian responds with instinctive reverence — " I was dumb and opened not my mouth; because thou didst it." 5. Solemn dispensations like these are meant to bring us into the conscious presence of God. The ground... | |
 | George Seaton Bowes - 1868 - 516 pages
...xi. 27; John xiii. 7; xviii. 11; Acts xi. 17; Heb. xii. 4-13; 1 Pet. iv. 12, 13; v. 7. Ps. xxxix. 9, "I was dumb, and opened not my mouth; because thou didst it." 1. It is our duty to be resigned. Murmuring and rebellion are the marks of the ungodly. (Cf. Isa. li.... | |
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I was dumb, and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it. 
