...heavy, as it was our only child, especially so to the mother. But we trust we can both say, ' The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord.' We had solemnly giveji him up in baptism, and repeatedly in secret ; and we are under covenant obligations...

...remember Job, and how that he gave all up for the IOVR that he had for his Maker, for he said, The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord ; and so must we give all up, if it is required, if we serve God aright; and what should you think...

...and hold them at thy disposal ; and if they are recalled from us, may we be enabled to say, the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; and blessed be the name of the Lord. Fit us for all events. We know not what a day may bring forth ; but we encourage ourselves in the Lord...

...I have been afflicted.' Can you say with one whose afflictions are deservedly proverbial, 'The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord? This is the state of mind which we ought to desire and cultivate when called to experience great affliction....

...and, before the sun went down, every external memorial of his mission was reduced to ashes. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord} was the exclamation of the archbishop, as he surveyed the scene. Driven from Hamburg, he now wandered...

...morning, December 31, 1846, about seven o'clock. And now, O, that I could say from the heart " The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; and blessed be the name of the Lord." I feel that I am greatly afflicted, yet I have a great deal to comfort me My family are now half dead,...

...brought great desolation upon this place since I last saw it. I desire to say ' The Lord hath given and the Lord hath taken away and blessed be the name of the Lord;' in his good time he will raise it up againe. When His house is built, God ( I trust ) will build mine,'...

...that we must not be reluctant to restore that which was entrusted to our keeping ? See, the Lord gave, the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord !" " Blessed be the name of the Lord ! " answered Rabbi Meir. It is well for bereaved parents to say,...

...Son of j Man — I cometh. 6 It is the Lord ; let him do what | seemeth • • him | good ; The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the | name — | of the | Lord. в Blessed are the dead, who die in the | Lord from | henceforth ; Yea, saith the Spirit, that they...

...with a voice and tone of submission never surpassed, he ended his prayer in these words : "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord." His address to the mother was touching in the extreme. It is almost useless to attempt to give it....