...? where is thy strength ? Thy moving, thy compassionate heart Is now hardened against us ! And yet thou art our father, Though Abraham be ignorant of us, And Israel acknowledge us not ; Thou Lord art our father, our redeemer, That is thy name from everlasting. And wherefore hast thou suffered...

...? where is thy strength ? Thy moving, thy compassionate heart Is now hardened against us ! And yet thou art our father, Though Abraham be ignorant of us, And Israel acknowledge us not ; Thou Lord art our father, our redeemer, That is thy name from everlasting. And wherefore hast thou suffered...

...heaven, and behold, from the habitation of thy glory ;" and at the same time this was her plea — " Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant...not : thou, O Lord, art our Father ; our Redeemer ; thy name is from everlasting," Isa. Ixiii. 15, 16. A child knowing the interest it has in the affections...

...of Israel, nay, strangers from the covenants of promise? Surely now, even we may look up, and say, ' Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant...not : thou, O Lord, art our Father — our Redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.' Yes, it was by an 'old path' indeed, and not untrodden, that we arrived...

...the Jew was enjoying exclusive spiritual bliss. The sorrowful and plaintive strain of distant hope, " Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not 1," was turned into a song of possession of joy, of recognition, of reconciliation, and acceptance....

...contrary to the scriptures of the Old and New Testament, and consequently contrary to all reason. '" Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not." Isa. xiii. 16. From this passage it is doubtful whether the saints have any more knowledge of us than...

...David : " When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up." Hear the church: " Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us and Israel acknowledge us not." With him the relation continues for ever : he is the everlasting Father ; and hence his children can...

...Jacob. " Where is the sounding of Thy bowels, and of Thy mercies toward me ? Are they restrained ? Doubtless Thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not : Thou, 0 Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer. Thy namt is from everlasting. But now, 0 Lord, Thou art our Father...

...but a kind of sacred solemnity. Not of the same order as the saints, he yet follows the same service: Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not. 5 Therefore he has been, in a certain sphere, edifying, and has inspired in many powerful minds an...

...and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? 16 m how they should fear the LORD. 29 Howbeit every...them in the houses of the high places which the Sa thy name is from everlasting. 17 r O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened...