 | 1849 - 424 pages
...answers is, in his own dialect, every way sincere, and yet equivalent to that of Christians : ' The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord.' Withal, I like Mahomet for his total freedom from eant. He is a, rough, self-helping son... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Carlyle - 1850 - 544 pages
...rest forever. My young, my beautiful, my brave ! She is taken from me ; I am left bereaved of her. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the Name of the Lord ! — ' His Highness,' says Harvey,1 ' being at Hampton Court, ' sickened a little before... | |
 | Edward Bather - 1850 - 358 pages
...and having thus had full time to recollect thyself, offer him there. What shall we say to this ? The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. If Abraham had killed his son, he had been guiltless, and God had been righteous. However,... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1850 - 392 pages
...bloody corpse on the heath, and lifting up his hands to heaven, in a tone of resignation, said, ' The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away : blessed be the name of the Lord!' After a short consultation, it was determined to carry the dead body to a neighbouring hut.... | |
 | 1852 - 560 pages
...they still prayed that " the bitter cup might pass from them," their faith enabled them to say, " The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away — blessed be the name of the Lord !" K In a short time death had given to the infant immortality— and the young father and... | |
 | Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association - 1853 - 520 pages
...for the Lord God of Israel hath takrn •war the counselor, the mighty man, the man of war. But the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away : blessed be the name of the Lord. A1B. Parent of Mercy ! Lord benign, Who sits on high enthroned, Who gives the beam of day... | |
 | Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association - 1853 - 464 pages
...; for the Lord God of Israel hath taken away the counselor, the mighty man, the man of war. But the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away : blessed be the name of the Lord. AIR. Parent of Mercy ! Lord benign, Who sits on high enthroned, Who gives the beam of day... | |
 | William Evans, Thomas Evans - 1854 - 510 pages
...how she did, she replied, ' I seem to be gradually going. I have remembered the words of Job, " The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord." It is best to be resigned. Do not grieve, dear father; the Lord be with thee;' and again... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1854 - 264 pages
...a lower tone he uttered the words which he afterwards caused to be inscribed on his tomb ; " ' The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord!1" Amidst a profound silence, he then drew up the petition, which he afterwards read to the... | |
 | William Graham - 1854 - 608 pages
...little boy. John Turnly was born in Damascus, July 31st, 1845, and died at the age of eleven months. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord. Jesus is the life, and we shall see Him in His glory, and the lambs of Hia flock which he... | |
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The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. 
