Light in darkness; or, Records of a village rectoryJohn W. Parker, West Strand, 1835 - 195 pages |
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Page 130 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me. Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me ; and' 1 caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 64 - In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also I hath "set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
Page 169 - For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow?