 | Henry William Sulivan - 1846 - 468 pages
...discerning the hand of Providence, and carrying him beyond the grave, that he is enabled to say, " The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the Name of the Lord." If he is tempted at any time to be discouraged, to be " wearied and faint in his mind,"... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1846 - 484 pages
...of his almighty power ; he blessed God the Avenger, he blessed God the Giver of good things : " the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord." It would indeed be pious and wise at the time of great grief to encourage this train of... | |
 | Mary Theresa Vidal - 1846 - 332 pages
...left in the world for many years after. She lived to thank God for all He had done — to say " The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord !" And as she repented here, and was truly penitent, we may hope that she was again received... | |
 | Thomas Evans - 1846 - 312 pages
...observed to her father, " 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, my dear father — the Lord will be with thee.... | |
 | 1847 - 180 pages
...confusion and disorder of a troubled mind flow. How God ought to be addressed in time of Adversity. THE Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord. Yea, blessed be thy name, for this very calamity, with which thy fatherly wisdom and affection... | |
 | Walter Percival - 1848 - 382 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 spoken by that bedside; during many, many long years of weal... | |
 | John Mackay Wilson - 1848 - 648 pages
...in her father's ejaculatory prayer — "Yes— oh, yes— Ям will— His holy will be done ! The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away — blessed be the name of the Lord for ever ! We shall meet again — oh, yes— where the weary are at rest. i: ' A few short... | |
 | 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,... | |
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The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. 
