| Joseph John Gurney - Black people - 1840 - 328 pages
...two or three days. We could now understand the full meaning of King Solomon's saying, "As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." We landed at Kingston, after a voyage of eight days, on the 26th of the Second month (February.) John... | |
| 1868 - 414 pages
...welcome a new brother and sister before the end of the year. We thought of the words, " As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." Many prayers must have been offered at home, as well as in this country, that the Lord would send us... | |
| David Pike WATTS - 1841 - 250 pages
...console each other : and that a letter is a consolation let the wisest mortal declare ; ' As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.' If it is considered that this proverb was written in an oriental clime, where thirst is intense, and... | |
| 1877 - 506 pages
...from them with good tidings. Some of us were often reminded of the inspired proverb, "As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." At length the time of the end di'ew near. She was present at the English service on the evening of... | |
| Isaac Nordheimer - Hebrew language - 1841 - 392 pages
...sake of energetic conciseness, eg prrna 7'is'n narj ny-fiatji nsr>y CB"b? D"n":> o^a (as) cold water to a thirsty soul, so (is) good ne.ws from a far country, Prov. 25 : 25., tpiy Tf1^ C|ttn ^ai ib^ btt^b Q*1S« is man born to trouble, at gparksfy upwards? Job... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. 25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. 26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.... | |
| Charles Rockwell - Europe, Southern - 1842 - 440 pages
...the delight they gave, as to make one feel the truth of the wise man's remark, that, "As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." All our ships were in quarantine on account of the cholera. The sloop of war John Adams had lost six... | |
| Henry Cruger Van Schaack - History - 1842 - 538 pages
...teneatis amid? Tell Peter Van Dyck to translate this for you. Monday morning, 3d March. " As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country," says the wise man. Heaven grant we may soon experience this pleasure ! for we begin to grow extremely... | |
| Baptists - 1843 - 398 pages
...are felt, we know that no one can satisfy or comfort the soul but God himself; for as cold water is to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Good news is only brought home by God himself, and if we have but a little, he has said, " A little... | |
| Justin Perkins - Assyrian Church of the East members - 1843 - 598 pages
...by perusing the periodicals from America which reached us just before we left Tabreez. As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. How did our hearts rejoice, as we read and conversed of the glorious things which the Lord is doing... | |
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