...of the loving Father, who waits that He may be gracious. " Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and .... rend your heart, and not your garments, and...; for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness ;" l lest otherwise, when you seek admittance into the heavenly kingdom, the...

...prophet more directly inculcates the duty of a nation under great distress : " There" fore now also, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me " with all your...with " weeping, and with mourning : and rend your 1 Psal. xxxii. 3—5. ' Hos. v. 14, 15. vi. 1. ' Hos. xiv. 1—4. u heart, and not your garments, and...

...bones : and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not f. Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to...and of great kindness, and repenteth Him of the evil 8. They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth...

...are a broken spirit ; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. — Psalm li. 17. Rend your heart and not your garments, and turn unto...of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. — Joel ii. 13. To the Lord our God belong mercies and O forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against...

...a broken spirit : a broken and a ramtrite heart, О God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17. Renn your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the...slow to anger, and of great Kindness, and repenteth hnn of the evil. Joel ii. 13. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have...

...And the prophets teach us to make another use of the possibility of God's mercy : " Rend your hearts and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your...return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him''?' &c. And again : " Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth ; seek righteousness, seek meekness; it...

...condition of things seem to lie yet lower in that proposal we have, Joel ii. 13, 14. ' Rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your...if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing ?' That which is proposed to the faith of those here spoken unto is, that the Lord is gracious and...

...executeth his word : for the e day of the LORD i* great and very terrible ; and who can abide it ? 12 ^f Therefore also now, saith the LORD, ' turn ye even...with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning : m it*, the LORD your God : for he is g gracious and merciful, Ac Abont slow to anger, and of great...

...given for wise and benevolent purposes, constitute no part of true repentance. (")* (a) Joel 2. 12, 13. Therefore also now saith the Lord, Turn ye even to...of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Ezek. 14.6. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, repent, and turn yourselves...

...doings from before mine eyes ; cease to do evil, learn to do well ; saith the Lord." (Isaiah i. 16, 17.) your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God : for...return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him ?" (Joel ii. 1 2 — 1 4.) " Who knoweth ?" A question which should make you tremble. God is weighing...