...sighing under " a famine of hearing the word." And as He who has all supplies in himself, hath said, " When the poor and needy seek water and there is none,...hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the vallies. I will make the wilderness...

...thee;" and when in distress, and they make application to him, he will regard them; for he says, " when the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them." " The Lord will not forsake the work of his hands, but will perfect that which concerneth them." He...

...Lord, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel" (Isa. xli. 14). Are you poor ? "When the poor and the needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue...hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them" (Isa. xli. 17). " I am poor and needy," said David, "yet the Lord thinketh upon me" (Psalm xl. 17)....

...shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.'' " I will opea rivers in high places and fountains in the midst of...a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water : I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the myrtle, and the oil tree ; and I will set in the...

...Israel. Thus in Ps. xl. 17 : I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinketh upon me. Thus in Is. xli. 17 : When the poor and needy seek water and there is none,...them ; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. Thus also, ch. Ixi. 1 : The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the MEEK ; the same word...

...holy fear: So life a winter's morn may prove To a bright endless year. SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. Isaiah xli. 17. AND wilt Thou hear the fever'd heart To Thee in silence cry ? And as th ' inconstant...

...contrition, and thesincere desire of grace—how encouraging to such is the promise of a gracious God, " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them: I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness...

...Thus in Ps. xl, 17 : "I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinketh upon me." Thus in Is. xli, 17 : " When the poor and needy seek water and there is none,...them ; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them." Thus also, ch. Ixi, 1 : " The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek ;" the same...

...tongue fuileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in...pool of water, and the dry land springs of water, do. xliv. 3: For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will...

...are frequently exhi* Acts ;ii. 6. bited to our view under the simile of water. Jehovah' promises, " when the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them ; but will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys." He will make the...