 | 1868 - 596 pagina’s
...so little apparent heartiness ? Why should they not, rather, entitle themselves to say with David, " Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? " Men and Brethren ! Suffer us for a moment to turn away from the heathen and contemplate the future... | |
 | 1841 - 1234 pagina’s
...that led royal David to say, " Now, therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should...days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding." (1 Chron. \\i\. 13 — 15.) Above all, when the world or the church applauds, let us retire... | |
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1822 - 514 pagina’s
...finished his immense preparations for building the house of the Lord. " But," said the holy monarch, " who am I ? " and what is my people ? that we should...come of thee, *' and of thine own have we given thee !" It is needless to contrast this spirit of genuine religion with the reluctance with which professors... | |
 | 1865 - 1194 pagina’s
...doings, that he appears to have been overwhelmed »ith gratitude and humility. "Who am I," said he, "and what is my people, that we should be able to...come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee." Il may now be asked, whether any unprejudiced man, on considering these facts and reasonings, and even... | |
 | 1826 - 918 pagina’s
...Brother Oke at six o'clock this morning preached a solemn and useful sermon, from 1 Chron. xxix. 15: " For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners,...days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding." To illustrate his text he referred to the situation of his brethren and himself, " We are... | |
 | Jacob Bailey Moore - 1822 - 316 pagina’s
...amounting to fifty-three persons: | Joseph Severance, Timothy Carl ton.] ermore, from 1 Chron. xxix. 1 4. " But who am I, and what is my people, that we should...so willingly after this sort? for all things come ofthee, and of thine own have we given thee." This meeting-house was struck by lightning on Friday... | |
 | Morgan Williams - 1822 - 728 pagina’s
...seemeth him good. % Sam. xii. 23. I shall go to him ; but he shall not return to me. Í Chron. xxix. 15. We are strangers before thee and sojourners, as were...days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. Job i. SI. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.... | |
 | 1859 - 1200 pagina’s
...and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer bo willingly after this sort? for all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee. For... | |
 | 1823 - 430 pagina’s
...thanking and praising the glorious name of God ; a construction which is supported by the ensuing verse : "But who am I, and what is my people, that we should...come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee." That this is the correct meaning of the passage is probable for three reasons. First, That such an... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1823 - 144 pagina’s
...appointed unto ALL men ONCE to DIE ? Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.- For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners,...days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.- For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. As for man, his days are as grass:... | |
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But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee. 
