Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak... Olive Branch - Page 3161828Full view - About this book
| 1841 - 244 pages
...these that the words in the 127th Psalm strikes us as being full of beauty : " Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are the children of the youth. Happy is the man that... | |
| 1868 - 414 pages
...question that God intends that the family should be the birth-place of souls. " Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward." Is it not possible that, under the fostering care of Christian nurture, the simple innocence of childhood... | |
| William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, &c. — Ps. Ixxviii. 2—8. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward : happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them. — Ps. cxxvii. 3 — 5; cxxviii. 3; Gen. iv.... | |
| Robert Benton Seeley - Great Britain - 1843 - 442 pages
...Does he know that in the immutable word of this unchangeable God it is written, "Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is his reward :" and again, "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord." The preventive... | |
| 1844 - 498 pages
...sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows ; for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward." These passages, then, may serve as specimens of the manner in which God's hand is uniformly recognised... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1844 - 622 pages
...thy rank and office upon the earth, as " the mother of all living ;" (v. 20.) " for children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward ;" (Ps. cxxvii. 3.) and what recompense save that of unfruitfulness and death can be thy portion?"... | |
| London St. Giles, Cripplegate - 1844 - 712 pages
...stead, who hath •withheld from thee the fruit of the womb ? " (Gen. xxx. 2.) " Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward." (Psalm cxxvii. 3.) " He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children."... | |
| William Sewell - Church and state - 1844 - 458 pages
...its great external work is the propagation of colonies. They are its children ; and children are " an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is His reward."1 " Happy," it may be added, " is the State which hath its quiver full of them. They shall... | |
| 1868 - 844 pages
...and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh." " Lo ! children are an heritage of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward." " Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house : thy children like olive-plants... | |
| Grace Aguilar - 1845 - 400 pages
...Him as the recompence of faithful service ; as we read in the words of David, " Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is His REWARD," Psalm cxxvii. And, again, " Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house : and... | |
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