...when the child was dead thou didst rise and eat bread. And he said, while the child was yet alive I fasted and wept : for I said, Who can tell whether...God will be gracious to me that the child may live ? him another son, and he called his name Solomon : and the Lord loved him. LESSON XCIII. 2 SAMUEL,...

...refreshment ; for, says he, while the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept, for I said who can M 3 telt tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the...should I fast? Can I bring him back again ; I shall goto him, but he shall not return to me. 2 Sam. XII, 22. This conduct argues the greatest strength...

...child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. And he said, While the child was yet alive, I tasted and wept : for I said, Who can tell [whether] God will be gracious to me, • 33 that the child may live ?• But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? can I bring him back...

...bread.— And he faid. While the child was yet alive, 1 fafted and wept : for I faid, Who can tell ivb'tbcr God will be gracious to me, that the child may live ? But now he is dead, wherefore fhould I faft ? can I bring him back again ? I (hall go to him, but he fnall not return to me. Luke...

...there?" — When we pray for ourselves, we may use the same plea as David did in a time of affliction : " Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?" The sentence is pronounced, but perhaps the decree is not gone forth. Prayer has sometimes arrested...

...word were but just. He was a prophet, no less than a king, that said, While the child Was yet alive, J fasted and wept ; for I said, Who can tell, whether...fast ? Can I bring him back again ? I shall go to Aim, but he shall not return to me. But, since thou hast to do with an omnipotent agent, know now,...

...contentaron. While the child u-as yet alive, I fasted and wept ; for I said, Who can tell, whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live !...wherefore should I fast ? Can I bring him back again ? The grief, that goes before an evil for remedy, can hardly be too much ; but that, which follows...

...alive, I fasted and wept ; for I said, Who can tell, whether the Lord will be gracious to me, thai the child may live ! but now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? Can I bring him back again ? The grief, that goes before an evil for remedy, can hardly be too much ; but that, which follows...

...contentation. While the child uas yet alive, I fasted and wept ; for I said, Who can tell, whether me Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live ! but now he is dead, wherefore should I fast f Can I bring him back again ? The grief, that goes before an evil for remedy, can hardly be too much...

...2 Sam. xii. 14 : yet he besought God, and fasted, and lay all night upon the earth, and could say, Who can tell, whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live ? v. 22. Good Hezekiah was sick unto death ; and hears from Isaiah, Set thy house in order, for thoif...