 | Alban Stolz - 1871 - 314 pagine
...his flocks had been carried off, his house burned down, and his children slain, he simply said : " The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." While I was thus engaged in writing about God's love to us and our love to God, my birth-day... | |
 | William Thompson Price - 1883 - 674 pagine
...him." Job's wife said to Job, "You don't mean to say the Lord has taken away all your children?" " Yes, the Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord." " What, Job, you do not mean to say the Lord took away every penny of your property, and... | |
 | Eugene Schuyler - 1884 - 642 pagine
...occurrence which has changed joy to grief. What answer can I give except with the much-suffering Job ? The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. I beg you to reflect on it in this way ; I do as far as I can. My illness, thank God, lessens... | |
 | Henry Clay Sheldon - 1894 - 580 pagine
...burning church, cloister, and library, and sending him forth with a destitute band, his comment was, "The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away : blessed be the name of the Lord.'' 1 His confidence was nurtured by a peculiarly intimate communion with God. It is recorded... | |
 | Alexandre Dumas - 1895 - 478 pagine
...it from others ; its relief all depends on God. Not that such weakness has the faith that says : " The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord!" but that it cries : " What have I done that I should suffer so? My God! my God! have pity... | |
 | Alexandre Dumas - 1895 - 446 pagine
...it from others ; its relief all depends on God. Not that such weakness has the faith that says : " The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord!" but that it cries : " What have I done that I should suffer so 1 My God ! my God ! have... | |
 | Gene Stratton-Porter - 1913 - 570 pagine
...had scarlet fever and whooping cough lay there. Mother was still a minute and then she said softly: " 'The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.'" She was very pale when she came to us, but her eyes were bright and she smiled as she put... | |
 | Mary Depue Ogden - 1915 - 814 pagine
...Brother Amo« Kunsman, in this their great affliction, their most sincere and heartfelt condolence. "The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." LEV; H. Mouus, ELIJAH COLES, EI.MA E. SUTPHIN. HASBROUCK, Dr. Washington, Leader IB Educational... | |
 | Glen W. Davidson - 1985 - 252 pagine
...loss. Both become sanctified. This spirit is well captured in the Biblical verse recited at burial: "The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord." At the same time, the radical disparity between the two realities is affirmed, for Judaism... | |
 | Francis Kelly Nemeck, Marie Theresa Coombs - 1993 - 224 pagine
...cross and that of others "with equanimity." Equanimity means with equal soul, with the same spirit: "The Lord has given and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord"(/6 l:2l). We have to be as content with the weaknesses, hardships and failures which we undergo... | |
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The Lord has given, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord ! " his heart refused to utter, Amen! 
