| 1823 - 408 pagina’s
...deficiency, and partly with despair, and partly with desire, they exclaim, " O that I were as in months pnst, as in the days when God preserved me, when his candle...and when by his light I walked through darkness.'" (Job xxix. 2.) Those who make these complaints, have doubtless neglected, or hastily performed, their... | |
| 1824 - 292 pagina’s
...finer picture of a charitable and good-natured man than is to be met with in any other author: " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness: when the Almighty was yet with me: when my children were about me: when I washed my steps with butter,... | |
| William Penn, George Whitehead - 1824 - 574 pagina’s
...expressed himself, when he was in his deep troubles of spirit : << Oh that I were as in months past, in the days when God preserved me, when his candle...and when by his light I walked through darkness." Job xxix. 3. Where it is most apparent, that Job attributes his salvation from the darkness, (which... | |
| John Thornton - 1824 - 394 pagina’s
...language: " Oh that I were as in mouths past, in the days when God preserved me ; when his candle shone upon my head, and when, by his light, I walked through darkness ; as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle." Job xxix. 2 — 4. Sometimes the Christian murmurs... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pagina’s
...the chosen symbol of prosperity, a beautiful instance of which occurs in the complaint of Job : " Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...and when by his light, I walked through darkness."" When the ten tribes were taken from Rehoboam, and given to his rival, Jehovah promised to reserve one... | |
| 1825 - 806 pagina’s
...should withdraw himĄsclf? Why should I let my behoved go from me ? How melancholy is my condition! О that i were as in months past, as in the days when...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness. О my Saviour, bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy great name ; — that I may show... | |
| Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 550 pagina’s
...behold the light of his countenance ! to feel those joys that once I had, but now have lost ! O that it were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness ! | Lord, restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, || hide not thy face from me. " Lord, why castest... | |
| William Penn - 1825 - 616 pagina’s
...expressed himself, when he was in his deep troubles of spirit : " O that I were as in months past, in the days when God preserved me, when his candle...head, and when by his light I walked through darkness h :" where it is most apparent, that Job attributes his salvation from the darkness (which stands both... | |
| Mary Martha Sherwood - 1825 - 278 pagina’s
...which he had formerly enjoyed. " Oh," cried he, " that I were as in months past, as in the days w/ien God preserved me; when his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness! (Job xxix. 2, 3.) / am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. He hath led me, and... | |
| 1859 - 632 pagina’s
...the soul -reviving view Of Jesus and His word ? You can enter into Job's feelings when he said, "Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when...when by His light I walked through darkness ; as I wj in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle (Job xxix. 2— 4). Now,... | |
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