...of our state and condition : " Like as a father pitieth his own children," saith the psalmist, "so the Lord pitieth them that fear him ; for he knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are but dust." Saint Paul, in the 2d chapter of the Ephesians, describes the future condition,...

...west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. The blessing of everlasting life, after this present vain life, he sets forth in...

...merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. " Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame ; he remembereth that we are dust."* If, for the sake of his Son, he hath exercised so much long-suffering towards you...

...west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. The blessing of everlasting life, after this present vain life, he sets forth in...

...and his tender mercies are over all his works ;" — that " like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him ; for he knoweth our frame ; he remembereth that we are dust." We believe, moreover, that the Holy Ghost, or the Holy Spirit, is the Spirit of...

...the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. for he knoweth our frame ; he remembereth that we are dust.' 5., Trust in divine aid : ' I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, whence cometh...

...evening it is cut down and withereth." Psa. xc. 5, 6. "As for man, his days are as grass, — as the flower of the field, so he flourished. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more." Psa. ciii. 15, 16. "The voice said, Cry....

...delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. — Ps. xcvii. 10. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him : for he knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are but duit. — Ps. ciii. 13, 14. The Lord hath chastened me sore : but he hath not given...

...are messengers sent for wise and good purposes ; and that like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him ; for he knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are dust. From thy bounteous hand, O God, all our blessings descend, and every day we experience...

...its composure. And with the greatest certainty we may say, Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him; for he knoweth our frame ; he remembereth that we are dust. Psalm ciii. 13, 14. And in order to compose the agitated mind, the Lord asks the...