...of Goif. Let the exercise of the mournful prophet be your exercise. " The Lord is my portion, sai;h my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The Lord is...unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh hirn. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord." Lain....

...our expectations of them are nearest closing ; I felt, I thought, much sweetness in that scripture, ' it is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of t >e Lord.' It wi.s in the midst of these exercises the surgeon informed me, that his apprehensions...

...in the text, silence is necessarily implied, as it is inserted in the margin ; and Jeremiah says, " the Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him."' Though we do not consider these passages as positive commands for holding silent meetings ; neither...

...brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him. Lamentations iii. 24, " The LORD is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in him." Sixthly, Verse tenth. "And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh, before the LORD ; and there Joshua...

...language is, " whom have I in heaven but thee, and there " is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. The " Lord is my portion, saith my soul, THEREFORE WILL " I HOPE IN HIM. " Yes ; and you have reason to do so. Let the exercise of this hope be constant and increasing. Though...

...of her best external comforts, placed her happiness and her hope in Jehovah, as her sure portion : " The Lord •is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in himb." And Asaph, when he was emerging from his depths of spiritual trouble, said to Jehovah, " Whom...

...when I hope to see you. God has called thee to exercise patience, which in the sight of God is good. " It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of God." " That the soul be without knowledge it is not good ; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth."...

...is perished from the Lord; it is considered' afterwards as encouraging itself in him, as in ver. 24. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him ; and, in ver. 31. For the Lord will not cast off" for ever. But when unbelievers are tempted to despair,...

...teeth. Let who will, then, say to gold, Thou art my hope, and to fine gold, Thou art my confidence ; The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him. But I will endeavour to speak more closely, and therefore, In the third place, let us seriously inquire...

...then to whatever bereavements we may be subjected in this changing scene, we shall be able to say, " The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; therefore will I hope in him." In the chanced countenance zee see a proof that we tno must die, and that perhaps in an unexpected...