...Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure." (Psalm cxxxv. 4.) " But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend." (Isa. xli. 8.) "And they snail call them, the holy people, the redeemed of the Lord; and thou shalt...

...was by God himself, when encouraging his people to trust in him in view of the Chaldean invasion. " Thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend." (Isa. 41: 8.) In the New Testament, the Apostle James refers to this appellation, and associates it...

...through our Lord Jesus Christ." Abraham was called the friend of God ; and was called so by God himself: "Thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend." If Eusebius held -it such a privilege to be the friend of Pamphilius; if Lord Brookes so gloried in...

...warnings, kind encouragements, illustrated by analogies of the deepest and strongest kind of human love. " Thou, Israel, art My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham My friend. Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and...

...7saying, It is ready for the sodering : and he fastened it with nails, tltat it should not be moved. 8 But o for '"us? Then said I, "Here am I ; send me. 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, 9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thce from the chief men thereof, and...

...called thee in righteousness : I will hold thine hand and keep thee." Isaiah xli. 8, " But thou Israel my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend." Verse 10, " Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God. I will strengthen...

...ol Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. Isa. xll, 8, 9. But et the earth rejoice; let the multitude of Isles be glad thereof. Isa. xi. 11. And it T/iou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth. and called thee from the chief men thereof, and...

..." ^ Miss M. And what does God say by the mouth of his prophet in Isaiah xli. 8 ? Jane reads. " But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend." Miss M. Tou will see the reason why Abraham was so called, if you turn to James ii. 23. Selina reads....

...Isaiah xli. 8, God himself, with his own mouth, condescends to speak of Abraham as his friend : " But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, my friend." Though the word only occurs in connection with Abraham, yet all God's people are as much the friends...

...for our admonition." LXXXII. (•DID EeStamnit Contrasts mitt FAITH AND FEELING. ISA. XT.I. 8. " BUT THOU, ISRAEL, ART MY SERVANT, JACOB WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN, THE SEED OF ABRAHAM MY FRIEND." I. THERE is in Scripture a hidden truth which we gradually become acquainted with, and which we may...