| 1845 - 1174 pages
...day, the torttires of au aching body and an upbraiding conscience. Hear him cry out " in the morning, would God it were evening ; and in the evening, would God it were morning. When 1 lie down 1 sav. when shall I rise and the night be gone : and I am full of tossings to and fro... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1850 - 758 pages
...were they when he was done. But he will keep on preaching, though his hearers may "say in the morning, Would God it were evening ! and in the evening, Would God it were morning ! " And to any who should inquire when he will stop, there will he but one answer: "Their worm dieth not !... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1847 - 370 pages
...are languishing under continual weakness, and groaning under grievous pains, crying in the morning, Would God it were evening ; and in the evening, Would God it were morning ; — weary of walking, weary of sitting, weary of standing, weary of lying, weary of eating, of drinking,... | |
| John Leifchild - 1849 - 276 pages
...grace, to a happy issue. Remember such as are in agony of body or of mind; who say in the morning, would God it were evening, and in the evening, would God it were morning, and the night were gone. To whom can they look up for deliverance but to thee, whose ears are ever open... | |
| Daniel Wise - 1850 - 282 pages
...shall hang in doubt before thee, and thau shalt fear day and night. In the morning thou shalt say, would God it were evening ; and in the evening, would God it were morning : for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear ; and for the sight of thine eyes which thou... | |
| Priscilla Maurice - 1853 - 208 pages
...this of myself ; Thou canst enable me to do it ; Thou canst keep me from saying, " in the morning, Would God it were evening ! and in the evening, Would God it were morning !" Thou canst keep me from that p restlessness which so distresses me, and which makes me wish to change... | |
| John Charles Ryle (bp. of Liverpool.) - 1854 - 360 pages
...company with health, that you have almost forgotten what it is like. You have often said in the morning, "would God it were evening," — and in the evening, "would God it were morning." There are days when you are tempted by very weariness to cry out with Jonah, "it is better to die than... | |
| Priscilla Maurice - 1856 - 510 pages
...cannot do this of myself; Thou canst enable me to do it; Thou canst keep me from saying, in the morning, Would God it were evening ! and in the evening, Would God it were morning ! Thou canst keep me from that restlessness which distresses me, and which makes me wish so often to... | |
| 1857 - 1352 pages
...every now and then wishing my time away— almost (like the Jews in the Bible) saying in the mo"ing, " Would God it were evening !" and in the evening, " Would God it were morning !" When I was * London I thought I should* be happier in the count" and especially here, but it is... | |
| Richard Butler - 1858 - 84 pages
...the time of pain and weakness, for those evil days when the poor sufferer exclaims in the morning, " Would God it were evening," and in the evening, " Would God it were morning." He has watched in few sick rooms who does not know that sickness has its peculiar temptations, who... | |
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