...considered a scheme or' madness which even Christians pronounced to be hopeless,— truly we may say, " The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow thereto." We may Bay to the Protestant church of France, " Lift up thine eye* round about and behold,...

...us henceforth do it with all our might."] DCCLXXV. GOD'S BLESSING, THE GREATEST RICHES. Prov. x. 22. The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich ; and he addeth no sorrow with it. AMIDST the lessons of practical wisdom which we are taught in the Book of Proverbs, we find a continual...

...The former part of this inscription, it may be observed, is taken from the book of Proverbs : — " The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich, and HE addeth no sorrow with it." Prov. x. 22. The stone upon which the other inscription is, or rather was, is wasting away, and all...

...decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee ; and the light shall shine upon thy ways. 3 The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich ; and he addeth no sorrow with it. 4 The just man walketh in his integrity; his children are blessed after him. The generation of the...

...precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it, whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth." 3 And then — " The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it."4 The poorest trifle becomes valuable, if it be the gift of love. But reason is itself a precious...

...people that is in such a cue, yea, happy it that people whose God is the Lord. Pi. cxliv. 11. 13, 14. The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich, and he addeth no Mrrow with it. Prov. x. 22. 24 Let the earth bring forth.] Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle...

...wicked.' What heart-cold wretchedness is often found connected with splendor, abundance, and excess : ' The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.' Let the advancing in life guard against the loss of their first regards. The effervescence of the passion...

...to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for he giveth his beloved sleep. 39 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it: yea, happy is that people whose God is the Lord. ^f40 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy...

...Young says) " wait to own his friends until they shall have passed into another state of being." " The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich ; and he addeth no sorrow therewith." On the other hand, consider the personal troubles in which the wicked are incessantly involving...

...stone in the eyes of him that hath it ; whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth." * And then — " the blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich; and he addeth no sorrow with it." * The poorest trifle becomes valuable, if it be the gift of love. But reason is itself a precious stone,...