...orthodox Church-going Jews, ' I cannot away with them; it is iniquity even your solemn meetings; when you spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from...yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear.' These words are often read in the lessons, but they make no impression on the hearers ; when the ball...

...and bloody deeds, and hardness of heart ? Isaiah warns them of the displeasure of the Most High — " When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine...full of blood. Wash you, make you clean ; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes. Cease to do evil; learn to do well ; seek judgment,...

...that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. ISA. i. 15 : When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine...prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. JER. xi. 11: Though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. do. xiv. 12: When they offer...

...your appointed feast« my soul hateth : they are a trouble unto me ; I am weary to bear them, 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine...prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Ч Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes : cease to du...

...and poor, and blind, and naked." And dost thou think to please him with a mere show of piety ? " And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine...; yea, when ye make many prayers i will not hear. Wash you, make you clean ; put away the evil of your doings ; cease to do evil, learn to do well ;...

...hateth : they are a trouble unto me ; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, [ ety 16 * Wash you, make you clean ; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes : cease to do...

...and your appointed feasts my soul hateth, they are a trouble unto me : I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine...full of blood. Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes : cease to do evil : learn to do well : seek judgment...

...and your appointed feasts my soul hateth : they are a trouble unto me ; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine...yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear." Isaiah i. 1 1 and four following verses. The king of Israel said, " If I regard iniquity in my heart,...

...Sabbaths, the catting of assemblies, I cannot away with : it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting : and when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine...; yea, when ye make many prayers I will not hear. I will only add, in the conclusion, if there are any in the visible church, in greater danger than...

...abomination unto me. The new moons, and Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with. When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine...yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear." But, notwithstanding these decisive declarations, not a small number of persons, through every succeeding...