 | John Cumming - 1856 - 490 pages
...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,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 456 pages
...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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 500 pages
...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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 458 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1858 - 412 pages
...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... | |
 | Steven H. Richardson - 1999 - 268 pages
...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... | |
 | Katherine McCuaig - 1999 - 418 pages
...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?... | |
 | LeeAnn Whites - 2000 - 289 pages
...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... | |
 | Bryan S. Turner - 2000 - 608 pages
...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... | |
 | LeeAnn Whites - 2000 - 289 pages
...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... | |
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The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. 
