| Mary M. Chase - 1855 - 404 pages
...shrieking mother, laid my hand upon the poor woman's head, and spoke out clearly and slowly, ' Mother ! the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord ! ' She screamed, ' I had forgotten my God ! God forgive me ! ' And in an instant the tears... | |
| 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 - 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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?... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Michael E. Price - 2000 - 414 pages
...treasure which had been loaned me for so short a time, winged its flight to the God who gave it. "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, Blessed be the name of the Lord." But oh it is hard. Nature rebels and turns shudderingly away from the thought that tonight... | |
| 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... | |
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