 | Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1856 - 200 pages
...Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. Believe in Him, and He will help thee; order thy way aright, and trust in Him. Ye that fear the Lord,... | |
 | Paolo Segneri - 1857 - 256 pages
...from feebleness of character. I seem to be making very high demands : but no other way is left me. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. (Ecclus. ii. 5.) Poor Job ! What, think you, gave him the most acute and cruel pain* in all his afflictions... | |
 | Christian missionary - 1857 - 280 pages
...Whatever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art brought to a low estate, for gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. Believe in God, and He will help thee, order thy way aright and trust in Him. Woe to the fearful hearts... | |
 | Robert Charles Jenkins - 1861 - 432 pages
...must,' saith the Apostle, 'be heresies, that they which are approved may be made manifest : ' ' for gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity,' — men who offer themselves as a wall for the house of the Lord. O grief ! the abominable heresy of... | |
 | ROBERT C. JENKINS, M.A. - 1861 - 430 pages
...must,' saith the Apostle, 'be heresies, that they which are approved may be made manifest : ' ' for gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity,' — men who offer themselves as a wall for the house of the Lord. O grief ! the abominable heresy of... | |
 | Threshold - 1862 - 142 pages
...Whatsoever is brought upon thee, take cheerfully ; and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. Ecclus. ii. 4, 5. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as... | |
 | 1862 - 224 pages
...Christian boldness which not only did not give offence, but which endeared her greatly to them. But, as " gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity," so she had many trials. Among these she had in her later years much bodily distress, and her mind was... | |
 | Society of friends - 1862 - 224 pages
...Christian boldness which not only did not give offence, but which endeared her greatly to them. But, as " gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity," so she had many trials. Among these she had in her later years much bodily distress, and her mind was... | |
 | Julius Lloyd - 1862 - 146 pages
...trial, that it refines and strengthens those who have passed through it. So we read in the Proverbs, " Gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity." In the fourth place, pain is a blessing. This follows partly from what has gone before. For even punishment... | |
 | 1864 - 704 pages
...unstable man, that haa no faith in God, is tossed and borne away upon the wave of every temptation. " Gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity." "We frequently know not the strength that is hidden in us till temptation calls it forth, and shows... | |
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Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. 
