...attention for two or three days. We could now understand the full meaning of King Solomon's saying, "As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." We landed at Kingston, after a voyage of eight days, on the 26th of the Second month (February.) John...

...absent to console each other : and that a letter is a consolation let the wisest mortal declare ; ' As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.' If it is considered that this proverb was written in an oriental clime, where thirst is intense, and...

...is used for the sake of energetic conciseness, eg prrna 7'is'n narj ny-fiatji nsr>y CB"b? D"n":> o^a (as) cold water to a thirsty soul, so (is) good ne.ws from a far country, Prov. 25 : 25., tpiy Tf1^ C|ttn ^ai ib^ btt^b Q*1S« is man born to trouble, at gparksfy upwards? Job...

...may hope to welcome a new brother and sister before the end of the year. We thought of the words, " As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." Many prayers must have been offered at home, as well as in this country, that the Lord would send us...

...brought letters from them with good tidings. Some of us were often reminded of the inspired proverb, "As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." At length the time of the end di'ew near. She was present at the English service on the evening of...

...there? Risum teneatis amid? Tell Peter Van Dyck to translate this for you. Monday morning, 3d March. " As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country," says the wise man. Heaven grant we may soon experience this pleasure ! for we begin to grow extremely...

...sought, and such was the delight they gave, as to make one feel the truth of the wise man's remark, that, "As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." All our ships were in quarantine on account of the cholera. The sloop of war John Adams had lost six...

...tongues, that we may not be the cause of pain and grief to those with whom we dwell. " As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." Let us here think with joy and thankfulness on the glad tidings of the Gospel. Let us be athirst for...

...beguiled the hours by perusing the periodicals from America which reached us just before we left Tabreez. As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. How did our hearts rejoice, as we read and conversed of the glorious things which the Lord is doing...

...apprehension than we had ever before realized of the wise man's familiar, but most forcible similitude, " As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." This is, so far as we know, the only METROPOLITICAL charge that has been delivered throughout the Protestant...