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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1904 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS TO FRIENDS. To the Rev. J. Jones and his Wifk, on the loss of a little daughter, who was burnt to death. February 2O/,4, 1843. "It would be useless to fill up my paper by telling you why I have not written before. I will only mention one reason, and that is the feeling of my total unfitness to write to you in your dire sorrow, because I cannot place my spirit in the position of yours and enter into your feelings. I cannot imagine how I should feel had I lost a beloved child unexpectedly, by a dreadful accident. What would be the utterances of Nature, Flesh and Grace under such circumstances? I know not. The language of the 'old man' would, I believe, be very different from that of the 'new.i The one would ask 'Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God and die.' But Grace would reply, 'Thou speakest as one of the foolish speaketh! What! Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil? The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.' 'Yes,' says the Flesh, 'but why hath the Lord dealt thus with us?' 'That I know not,' Grace replies, 'but one thing I know, He hath done all things well.' The 'old man' murmurs, "Behold this evil is of the Lord, what should I wait for the Lord any longer?" "Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain and washed mine hands in inno. cency, for all the day long have I been plagued and chastened every morning." "My way is hid from the Lord and my judgment is passed over from my God." My faith and worship, my obedience, my support of His cause, my hospitality to His servants, my preaching journeys--all are in vain, hidden from the Lord; He makes no account of anything that we, as a family, have done for Him, 'Flesh, be silent before the Lord/ is ...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1235827496
- ISBN 13 9781235827495
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages86
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