...into darkness ; " and, in deep anguish, you are ready to exclaim : " Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God hath touched me." Your friends do indeed pity you ; but they are anxious that you should do right. Is there no danger,...

...to weep for him, when, from the cross, he looks on us, and says, " Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me ?" II. HOW OUK PITY SHOULD BE EVINCED. 1. By the ordinary movement of our feelings. Some object to...

...my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger ; I am an alien in their sight, &c. have pity upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me. — Job xix. 2, 3. 13—15. 21 ; Ps. Ixix. 8. 20. How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers...

...fortitude and strength to support it. She may, with more than common propriety, cry, " Have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God hath touched me." But let her seriously consider, that her bereavement, with all its aggravating circumstances, was ordered...

...taken away." And again he says, with peculiar sensibility and tenderness, " Have pity, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God hath touched me." Joseph, in reviewing both the adversity and prosperity which he had experienced through the astonishing...

...on truth. Well might he appeal to them in these affecting words, " Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God hath touched me." Ver. 21. And well may we hence be led to reflect, that the sufferings, which we frequently see to follow,...

..."The terrors of God are upon 'ne, and I am afraid of his judgment:" "Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God hath touched me:" "If I wait, the grave is mine house:" "I have made my bed in the darkness ; I have said to corruption,...

...to make the same request that Job made on a similar occasion : ' Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.'" t Never shall we forget the manner, in which he uttered those last words. Our youthful eyes beheld...

...burdens alone." To the real Christian who feels with him that said, " Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye, my friends, for the hand of God hath touched me !" how distressing must be such a cold response Î The evil is great, and wide-spread ; and the less...

...fulfil the law of Christ. Job vi. 14. To the afflicted pity should be shewed. xix. 21. Have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God hath touched rne. 1 Pet iii. 8. Be pitiful, be courteous. Eph. iv. 32. Matt xxv. 34 to 46. See Christ's sentences,...