 | William Evans, Thomas Evans - 1843 - 496 pages
...to himself in mercy, let us all learn resignation to his blessed will, and say with holy Job, " The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away: blessed be the name of the Lord." I may farther signify unto you, that it being my lot to be with this dear friend almost... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Admirals - 1844 - 586 pages
...any one ? How sincerely is such a loss to be lamented 1 But we have nothing to say, but — • The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord.' " — Original, in the N ebon Papers. * George Andrews; he survived the wound, became a... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Admirals - 1844 - 590 pages
...to uny one ? How sincerely is such a loss to be lamented ! But we have nothing to say, but — - The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord.'" — Original, ia the N elson Papers. * George Andrews; he survived the wound, became a... | |
 | 1858
...gathered around, offering words of consolation, but they were only as idle murmurs in her ears. "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away — blessed be the name of the Lord," said the good pastor, who, only a year before, had lifted the sweet boy in his anus, and,... | |
 | 1844 - 764 pages
...make them happy. They are in heaven, where 1 hope to meet them soon. Their sufferings are over. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away : blessed be the name of the Lord." Harry felt as if he could have shrugged his shoulders, but he contented himself with the... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1845 - 784 pages
...for ever. My young. my beautiful, my brave ! She is taken from me ; I am left bereaved of her. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the Name of the Lord ! — ' His Highness,' says Maidston,f ' being at Hampton Court, sickened a little before... | |
 | Thomas Scattergood - 1845 - 490 pages
...dear family ; and I have been favoured with so much resignation of mind as to be able to say, ' The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord;' — and here I am disposed to leave it, for it has sometimes been almost too much for my... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Sermons, English - 1846 - 484 pages
...of his almighty power ; he blessed God the Avenger, he blessed God the Giver of good things : " the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord." It would indeed be pious and wise at the time of great grief to encourage this train of... | |
 | Henry William Sulivan - Sermons, England - 1846 - 468 pages
...discerning the hand of Providence, and carrying him beyond the grave, that he is enabled to say, " The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the Name of the Lord." If he is tempted at any time to be discouraged, to be " wearied and faint in his mind,"... | |
 | English fiction - 1846 - 590 pages
...taught wisdom. Of a verity I am old; and my child's child, by her example, lends my eyes new light. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord!" " No, dear!" answered Agatha, in a tolerably firm tone, " thou must leave me to the mercy... | |
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The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. 
