 | 1858 - 860 pages
...tender affections to the Saviour, and make him a useful, active, disciple." The prayer was heard by Him who, " as a father pitieth his children, pitieth them that fear him." At an early age Samuel became a useful, active disciple, a member of a Christian church, and a preacher.... | |
 | Levi Purviance - Cane Ridge Revival - 1848 - 324 pages
...infinite wrath of God. On these accounts, feeble, erring men may condemn me. But I am confident, that God who, "( as a father pitieth his children,) pitieth them that fear him ;" will never condemn an honest man for not believing that which is not within the reach or arbitrament... | |
 | James Slye - 1850 - 370 pages
...bondage. Their condition in this respect could not fail to move the -compassion of Jehovah, " who, like as a father pitieth his children, pitieth them that fear him ;" * and especially considering the relation in which they stood to Abraham, whom he deigned to call his friend.... | |
 | Robert Henry Roberts - 1873 - 128 pages
...face, a Divine hand, a Divine heart ; and that this face, and this hand, and this heart, reveal a Being who, " as a father pitieth his children, pitieth them that fear Him." Many things remain unsaid. Pre-eminently do I feel the loss to the argument which results from inability... | |
 | R. Henry Roberts - Prayer - 1873 - 128 pages
...face, a Divine hand, a Divine heart ; and that this face, and this hand, and this heart, reveal a Being who, " as a father pitieth his children, pitieth them that fear Him." Many things remain unsaid. Pre-eminently do I feel the loss to the argument which results from inability... | |
 | Thomas Bradbury - 1879 - 644 pages
...mysterious providence seems to thwart your design of love. Yet, as assuredly as you belong to Him, who, like as a father pitieth his children, pitieth them that fear Him, and He has made you to experience the yearnings of His bowels of comparison, He will cause all your cares... | |
 | Missions - 1879 - 556 pages
...position of any one in the olden time, who could speak only of the long-suffering mercy of the Lord, who, as a father pitieth his children, pitieth them that fear him. The apostolic testimony relates to an accomplished atonement, a rent veil, the true, full, and irrevocable... | |
 | Alexander Maclaren - Baptists - 1889 - 326 pages
...beholding not only the compassion of the Man, but therein manifested the pity of the God, who, " Like as a Father pitieth His children, pitieth them that fear Him," and pities yet more the more miserable men who fear and love Him not. The Christian's God is no impassive... | |
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Like as a Father pitieth His children, pitieth them that fear Him," and pities yet more the more miserable men who fear and love Him not. 