...from the bottomless pit, on purpose to torment him. The terror by night, the arrow that flieth by day, the pestilence that walketh in darkness, the destruction that wasteth at noon-day, are always ready to invade us, as they did him, but that the Almighty controuls their fury. For the...

...so severely afflicted, seems to be strikingly described by the psalmist, in Psalm xci, verse 6 ; ' The pestilence that walketh in darkness — the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.' Of all the diseases with which mankind have been or are afflicted, the causes of the cholera seem the...

...from the bottomless pit, on purpose to torment him. The terror by night, the arrow that flieth by day, the pestilence that walketh in darkness, the destruction that wasteth at noon-day, are always ready to invade us, as they did him, but that the Almighty controls their fury. For the...

...borders of the grave, like flowers garnishing the sepulchre, as if to clothe death with loveliness ; the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; the destruction that wasteth at noon-day ; all have this fatal and fruitful source. Then reflect on the million evils which affect mankind in...

...when the decisions of time shall have sealed our destiny for eternity. During the year under review, " the pestilence that walketh in darkness, the destruction that wasteth at noonday," has been commissioned to do its fearful work in this community ; but the plague entered not our dwellings,...

...with the frequenters of public-houses and not be injured by them. Shun such company as you would " the pestilence that walketh in darkness ; the destruction that wasteth at noon-day." If you do visit the tavern or ale-house, for ought you know, some old acquaintance may say of you,...

...here; eternity is the all-important theme ! Summer is coming, and who knows but on its wing may be " the pestilence that walketh in darkness — the destruction that wasteth at noon-day ?" God forbid ! but if it should, it will be well to have left the haunts of life occasionally, and...

...salvation"? Should we not thus cease to fear the terror by night — the arrow that fleeth by day — the pestilence that walketh in darkness — the destruction that wasteth at noon-day ? In manhood, the noon of the soul, the summer season of human life, we have special reasons for shewing...

...and whence it came, none could tell; but all of a sudden, and in almost every house, it was there—" the pestilence that walketh in darkness, the destruction that wasteth at noon-day." For example, on being myself smitten down on a Friday, I sent off a servant next day on horseback to...

...flight, were struck by the pang that told its own horror; and others crept anywhere away to perish. Parents fled from their children, and children from...Few had the hardihood to brave the pestilence that • J HEADLAND HOME. 291 walketh in darkness—the destruction that wasteth at noonday. I remained...