| John Cumming - 1856 - 490 pagina’s
...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 - 456 pagina’s
...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...bedside ; during many, many long years of weal or woe, duly every morning and night, these same blessed words did they utter when on their knees together... | |
| John Wilson - 1857 - 500 pagina’s
...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...bedside ; during many, many long years of weal or woe, duly every morning and night, these same blessed words did they utter when on their knees together... | |
| John Wilson - 1857 - 458 pagina’s
...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...bedside ; during many, many long years of weal or woe, duly every morning and night, these same blessed words did they utter when on their knees together... | |
| John Wilson - 1858 - 322 pagina’s
...or pine away disconsolately to their graves? Think not that they, who were Christians indeed, conld 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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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... | |
| Bryan S. Turner - 2000 - 608 pagina’s
...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... | |
| LeeAnn Whites - 2000 - 289 pagina’s
...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... | |
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