...the land' — and. surely, this is one of the heaviest afflictions that can be sent on man ! — ' not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord :' — the sorest of all famines ; because the word of the Lord, the hammer, the fire, is the grand...

...to the bodies of the poor, how much more hateful ought that system t« be accounted that' causes " a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but a famine of the word of the Lord." Dr. Campbell having fully proved the facts and the wickedness of...

...soon perish from the ears of the people. The Prophet Amos speaketh of a famine, saying, " I will Amo, send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a T»!'"' thirst of water, but of hearing the Word of the Lord. Men shall wander from sea to sea, and...

...troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way,' &c. Amos viii. 11. ' I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread,' &c. Mic. iii. 5, 6. ' thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people err — .' v....

...troops of robbert wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way, &c. Amos viii. 11. / will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, &c. Mic. iii. 5, 6. thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that makt my people err — . v. 11....

...Rendering the former, by His might, An army for His cause to fight. 132 THE FAMINE OF THE WORD, '• Behold the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will...hearing the words of the Lord." — Amos, viii. 11. O LORD, avert from us this day Of famine's fiercest strife; And take not from our souls the stay And...

...famine of the word of God," such as the prophet Amos foretold nearly eight hundred years before — Behold the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will...famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst of water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.* Long since we have seen the accomplishment of this...

...and the end thereof as a bitter day. 1 1 f Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I •wiU send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread,...thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lo RD : 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run...

...on Christianity, but on the want of it. 28 12.) Behold, the days come, suit h the Lord God, that f will send a famine in the land : not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water ; but of hearing the word of the Lord: and they shall wander from sta to sea, and from the north, even to the east ; they...

...possibly come into the house of the Lord : so there shall be a famine indeed, in the midst of the Lord's land ; " not a famine of bread nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord." Wishing you prosperity in your valuable periodical, I remain, dear Sir, unworthily yours, WCP Ripley,...