 | William Jay - 1828 - 408 pagina’s
...bitterness." There are crosses which cannot be displayed. There are groanings which cannot be uttered — He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him — " The path of sorrow, and that path alone, " Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown. " No traveller... | |
 | John Townsend - 1828 - 318 pagina’s
...subject of affliction ; but this is not to be regretted, as the inspired volume has pronounced that, ' It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in youth,' Lam. iii. 27 ; and that, although ' no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1829 - 292 pagina’s
...•would give many young ministers the opportunity of becoming familiar with wretchedness and death. "It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth." The writer has, therefore, relinquished all subscriptions in his favourj but will never cease to plead... | |
 | Charles Lowell - 1829 - 84 pagina’s
...early life is not exempt, have experienced, in this sense, the truth of the prophet's declaration, It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Mature age has felt its power and enjoyed its consolations, and, amidst the toils and anxieties of... | |
 | Henry Scougal, George Garden - 1829 - 282 pagina’s
...duty, that we love our enemies. THE NECESSITY AND ADVANTAGE OF EARLY AFFLICTIONS. LAM. III. 27, 28. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in hit youth. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. THE great difference... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1799 - 152 pagina’s
...Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope, and quietly wait for the salvation of the...good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth, and that he keepeth silence, and putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope." XII. God... | |
 | Elizabeth Strutt - 1830 - 272 pagina’s
...secketh him." " It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. U is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because be hath borne it upon him." " For the Lord will not cast off for ever ; but though be cause grief,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 630 pagina’s
...The Lord is good to them that wait for him ; to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that I should both hope, and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for me that I have borne the yoke in my youth, and that I keep silence, and put my mouth in the dust, if... | |
 | James Cossar Ewart - 1830 - 494 pagina’s
...suffered severe adversity in the early period of his life, but he did not forget these words of Scripture, It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. He had been distinguished by unblemished honour and integrity, after having served the Prussians both... | |
 | Henry Scougal - 1830 - 430 pagina’s
...me take nqtice of the season which is here mentioned as the fittest for a man to bear affliction : " It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth." We are willing to put off the evil day, and if we must needs bear the yoke, we would choose to have... | |
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It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 
