 | William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
...beneficiaries of thy bounty. But we have sinned against heaven and before Thee, and are not worthy of thi' least of all the mercies, and of all the truth which Thou hast showed us. We are of those that rebel against the light; for we have resisted the dictates of our consciences;... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 834 pages
...ourselves — [With this acknowledgment Jacob began his prayer: " O God of my father Abraham, I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servantd." And such is the feeling that must influence our hearts whensoever we attempt... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...behold, it was not toward him as beme, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. Ge. xxxi. 7, 8. 42. I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the tnith, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant ; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan ; and... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...work of thine hands. 18 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. 19I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant. 20 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. 21 The Lord is... | |
 | Francis Bragge - Theology - 1833 - 334 pages
...desert, even after the performance of our sincerest duty ; and that, as the good Patriarch said, we are not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which God hath shewed to his unprofitable servants «. In discoursing, therefore, upon this parable, I shall... | |
 | American Bible Society - 1912 - 568 pages
...from my eyes '; still greater reason have I to join with him in that beautiful song of praise, I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of...the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant.' Yes, while I have not been spared the ' rough ' of a colporteur's life, I have also again witnessed... | |
 | John Kershaw - Sermons - 1995 - 308 pages
...just see what Jacob says to the Lord: "O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant." "Ah," says some poor soul, "then I am a Jacob: I am not worthy of the least... | |
 | John Henry Newman - Religion - 1997 - 1816 pages
...which saidst unto me. Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast shoived unto Thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands.... | |
 | Jewish Publication Society - Religion - 1996 - 406 pages
...saidst unto me: Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good; "I am not worthy of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which Thou hast shown unto Thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two camps.... | |
 | Cristina Malcolmson - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 324 pages
...that the motto in the poem would have special significance for Herbert; it is spoken by Jacob: "I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan" (Genesis 32:10).57 "Jordan" was... | |
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I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant, for with my staff I passed over this Jordan and now I am become two bands. 
