...judgment and knowledge. Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Jer. x 23. O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself, it is not in man that walkelh to direct his steps. Prayer tukcn from the 9ih chapter of the Wisdom of Solomon. O God of my...

...assuredly be kept from every wrong and hurtful step ; and be able to discover the way of duty. The way of man is not in himself; " it is not in man that vvalketh to direct his steps :" and this proves the wisdom and necessity of praying for divine direction...

...12. Eccl. 12. 13, 14, 1 77. Who prepares the heart to love and verve Goo ? O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. The preparations of the heart in roan, and the answer of the tongue, is from the...

...Left to himself, man continually inclines to evil and lapses into it. Most truly is it written, "The way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." The history of human progress is the history of Divine guidance. The Father of...

...lifts up his eyes to God, and erics for success in the following words : •• O Lord, 1 know the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walkcth to direct his steps." It depend* upon thee, O Lord, whether the pcople who have gone after...

...turneth it whithersoever he will, Prov. xxi. 1. and elsewhere the prophet says, 0 Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps, Jer. x. 23. that is, he cannot manage himself in the conduct of life, either as...

...mysterious way. We have often been led to make the reflection of the prophet; "O Ixird I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." Whether we have acted in the most judicious manner is not for us to say. It rests...

...turncth it whithersoever he will, Prov. xxi. 1. and elsewhere the prophet says, 0 Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps, Jer. x. 23. that is, he cannot manage himself in the conduct of life, either as...

...mysterious way. We have often been led to make the reflection of the prophet; "O Lord I know that the »ay of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." \\ hether we have acted in the most judicinuc manner is not for us to say. It...

...must also observe this end in the government of it. The Prophet Jeremiah exclaims, " I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." (/) And Solomon: " Man's goings are of the Lord: how can a man then understand...