| John Smalley - 1803 - 454 pages
...feet to the lame ; he delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless, and him that had none to help him : the blessing of him that was ready to perish...upon him, and he caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.' Nevertheless, a man may abound in such outward deeds of charity, while yet he is wholly destitute... | |
| 1807 - 592 pages
...that cried, the fatherless, and him that had none to help him: — the blessipg of those thjt were ready to perish came upon him, and he caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.*' pp. 15, 16. * Job xxix. 1 1th to 13th rerw. But how great must have been the distress, and how... | |
| 1808 - 614 pages
...prosperity. Like him, he " delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon him, and he . canoed the widow's heart to sing for ioy. He was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. He was... | |
| 1811 - 568 pages
...Thus, like Job, he ' delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish...upon him; and he caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.' Among the many acts of benevolence which Mr. Post performed, his character stands deservedly... | |
| Joshua Spalding - 1812 - 340 pages
...fatherless, and him that had none to " help him. The blessing of him that was ready *' to perish eame upon him ; and he caused the *' widow's heart to sing for joy. He was eyes to " the blind, and feet was he to the lame. He " was a father to the poor, and the cause... | |
| 1838 - 716 pages
...witness to him ; because he delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless, and him that had none to help him ; the blessing of him that was ready to perish...him ; and he caused the widow's heart to sing for joy." (Job xxix. 11 — 13.) For twenty-five years he devoted a large share of his time to the management... | |
| William Russel - 1816 - 122 pages
...testified in the language of Job, that " when the ear heard him, then it blessed him ; and when the eye saw him ; it gave witness to him } — the blessing...ready to perish came upon him ; and he caused the widows heart to sing for joy. , He was eyes to the blind, and feet to the larne; a father to the poor:... | |
| John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1831 - 952 pages
...He was a father to the poor ; and the cause which ha knew not he searched out. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon him, and he caused the widow's heart to sing with joy.' Job, c. xxiz." Other epitaphs to the Wilmot family in the same church will be found in the... | |
| George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 600 pages
...poor that " cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to " help him : if the blessing of him that was ready to " perish came upon him, and he caused the widow's " heart to sing for joy."—Beneficence is the most exquisite luxury, and the good man, after all, is the genuine epicure.... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 604 pages
...poor that " cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to " help him : if the blessing of him that was ready to " perish came upon him, and he caused the widow's " heart to sing for joy." — Beneficence is the most exquisite luxury, and the gpod man, after all, is the genuine epicure.... | |
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