| Otis Ainsworth Skinner - 1843 - 240 pages
...REFLECTIONS adapted to Psalm xxv. Psalm xxxir. Isaiah xxvi. — " It is better," says David, " to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man : it is better...trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes." But why better ? What renders Jehovah so worthy of confidence? Let David answer: "The Lord is my strength.... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1843 - 330 pages
...songs are heard, and pleasures fill the soul. (XXIX.) TRUST IN THE SAVIOUR. [" It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man. It is better...trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in princes." Ps. cxviii. 8, 9 ] IN man, estranged and weak, put not thy trust, Who, like the " flower of grass,"... | |
| Hugh Gaston - 1843 - 348 pages
...my confidence — Ver. 28. This also were iniquity. Ps. cxviii. 8, 9. It is better to trust in tho Lord, than to put confidence in man. It is better...trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in princes. I'rov. xiv. 16. A wise man fenrcth and dcparieth from evil : but a fool ragetb and is confident. xxi.... | |
| Charles Simmons - 1844 - 552 pages
...them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. Ps. 118. 8. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better...trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. Ps. 125. 1. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed. Ps. 112. 6.... | |
| Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1844 - 582 pages
...answered me, and gave me deliverance. The Lord is on my side ; I will not fear. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better...trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing and salvation... | |
| James Freeman Clarke - 1844 - 672 pages
...answered me, and gave me deliverance. The Lord is on my side ; I will not fear. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better...trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. The Lord is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. The voice of rejoicing and salvation... | |
| 1846 - 318 pages
...fallible and deceiving man. "The faithful true witness" will never deceive. " It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man : it is better...trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes." Ps. cxviii. 8, 9. " If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the... | |
| John Forsyth - 1846 - 396 pages
...support of any afflicted follower of Jesus who may read them from age to age. ' It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man ; it is better...trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes;' bless the Lord, ye his angels, for these manifestations of his mercy to me, who am less than the least... | |
| 1846 - 906 pages
...their best friends rebuked — and the emphatic lesson has been enforced — " it is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man ; it is better...trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes." And as I can answer for myself, I can do it for many others, when 1 say, that never was disaprtment... | |
| 1846 - 398 pages
...Friends' meeting at Poolc: the silence was broken by this sentence only — ' It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better...trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. ' The strength and light imparted to him were such, that he often referred to this precious opportunity... | |
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