 | 1838 - 492 pages
...right. "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.— The Lorfl is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in Him. — I sorrow not as those without hope." I shall go to those I love, though they shall not return to me.... | |
 | 1838 - 606 pages
...was much engaged whilst in prayer this morning. Such . seasons I reckon amongst my greatest mercies. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope and rejoice in him. After breakfast, walked with Mr. Gordon into Lord Charlemont's domains, which are... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1839 - 98 pages
...that I might not dishonour him, nor discourage his children, nor reproach religion by my weakness. And in my bearing of it well* my reputation is nothing...; he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he defighteth in mercy. Therefore he will turn again, and have compassion upon me. If he kill me, I will... | |
 | Baptists - 1839 - 656 pages
...people had been already prepared to receive them. Mr. Davenport, in a series of sermons from the text, " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him," had called the attention of his flock to the gloomy aspect of the cause of liberty and religion in... | |
 | John Thornton - Children - 1839 - 136 pages
...had been laid desolate, and his best friends and earthly comforts swept away by the storm of war : " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in him." Hear the apostle of the Gentiles : " For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels,... | |
 | John Bunyan - Fear of God - 1839 - 188 pages
...? doth she give up her faith and hope, and return to that fear that begot the first bondage ? No; " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him ;" yea, she adds, " O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life," Lam.... | |
 | Sermons, English - 1839 - 442 pages
...sanctified by the presence of Jehovah. In every one of them " he bows his heavens and comes down." " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him." But again : The true believer has the Lord for his inheritance, because he has the peace of God shed... | |
 | John Cox - God - 1839 - 170 pages
...consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him." Lam. iii. 22—24. CompassionsJ HIS compassions. ' How full of sweetness is this word; it includes... | |
 | 1839 - 496 pages
...in the fields, or the domestic servant, who, possessing little of the world's good, can exclaim, " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him." CHRISTIAN REPROOF. To any of his friends who had contracted the irreverent habit of taking God's name... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1839 - 414 pages
...ту soul, Ps. ciii. 2. Which their souls have said to them. Among the rest, this is one, The Lard is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in him. Where we have two things : I. A doctrinal position or assertion. The Lord, that is, the Lord Jesus... | |
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The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. The 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 Lord. 
