...behind, how tremendously and how ruinously shall we be distanced in the next thirty years to come ! ' If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied...land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thce, then how wilt thou do in the swellings of Jordan?" We select this as a picture of our great manufacturing...

...strange work of judgment coming upon this land. There is need now to ask that solemn question — " If in the land of peace wherein thou trustedst, they...thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan ?" Those believers will stand firmest who have no dependence upon self or upon creatures, but upon...

...fear and obey Him who hath appointed it, lest He come Himself in the fierceness of his anger. " If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied...thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan ?" " To obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams." Were t he voice of God...

...(now) a spear, On whose sharp point peace bleeds, and hope expires !'* CHAPTER IX. DESOLATION. " If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied...trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swellings of Jordan?"—Jeremiah, xii. 5. " 1'or sadness teacheth us the truth of things, Which had...

...disciple?" If we now come so short under the smallest temptation, what shall we do under the greatest? "If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied...horses ? And if in the land of peace wherein thou trusted they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan ?"* And again, who that...

...and the birds ; because JULT 23. DAILY LESSONS. they said. He shall not see our last end. If t non hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee,...with horses ? and if in the land of peace, wherein thon trusted»!, they weaned thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? For even thy brethren,...

...have been ready to sink. How then will you feel in those more solemn trials which yet await you. If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then hon> canst thou contend with horses ? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied...

...purposes, humble their souls, before GOD forces them to it ? — " If thou hast run with the foot-meii, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend...thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan ?'" No wonder that to these the Cross does not, like Aaron's rod, 1 Jer. xii. 5. " bring forth buds,1...

...see suffering times, which our dying remains make us very unfit for; hence is that, Jer. xii. 5, " If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied...wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thon do in the swelling of Jordan ?" MOT. 2. If ye do not stir up yourselves to " strengthen the things...

...race may be long and trying — the battle hotter, and the ascent steeper. It may be said to us, " If thou hast run with the footmen, and they " have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with " horses? If in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, " they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the...