| 1840 - 254 ページ
...flesh and my heart faileth, but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Lam. iii. 24. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him. Gen. xv. 1. I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Of Glory.— Is. xxviii. 5. In that day... | |
| James Smith (of Shoreditch, London.) - 1840 - 272 ページ
...travellers home.' " Dear Sister in Jesus, farewell, " Yours in him, " JS" To Miss EB "Jan. 81, 1833. " ' The Lord is my portion saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him' (Lam. iii. 34). Is it not wonderful that we should find such a passage in a world of lamentations,... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1840 - 326 ページ
...inspired writers, and other holy 22* men, expressing their emotions in such language as this : — " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in Him ;" " Whom have I in heaven, but Thee, and there is none upon earth, I desire in comparison of Thee.... | |
| John Harding (bp. of Bombay.) - 1841 - 308 ページ
...compassions," he declares, " fail not : " " they are new every morning : great is his faithfulness : the Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in Him." They were the words of the prophet Jeremiah, and you mark the testimony is a personal one. It is the... | |
| Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1841 - 598 ページ
...compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."J Well might Jeremiah say, " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him."§ * Jer. xxxi. 2. f Isa - xlv - l7- £ Lam - '». 22 i 23 Are we groaning under a deep conviction of... | |
| Lucy Richards - 1842 - 284 ページ
...accumulating weight of bodily disease. Still I can adopt the language of the plaintive Jeremiah : " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him." Twenty-four years ago the day before yesterday I united with the church in this place ; and although... | |
| William Dodd - 1842 - 546 ページ
...О Lord, art in the midst of us : and we are calleil bv thy name, &c. — Jer. xiv. 8, 9 ; xvii.13. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in him. — Lam. iii. 24. Woe also to them when I depart from them.- — Hosea ix. 12. Fear not, О land ;... | |
| 1745 - 522 ページ
...Thus to the upright there arisen light in the darkness. Hence the prophet sung in the prison — " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in Him." But to proceed : " the righteous hath hope," not only in all the vicissitudes of his life, but also... | |
| William Arnot - 1842 - 432 ページ
...Lord, subdue me to thyself; captivate me to thyself; let me find my satisfaction solely in thee. " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in him." " It is good that a man both hope, and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord." " The Lord is faithful."... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 764 ページ
...life, this strikes us as a subject of thankfulness to God, however heavily our life may be afflicted. "The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him." What can we want more, if we have Him to supply all our wants? How can we despair, if He may be our... | |
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