 | Baptists - 1821 - 488 pages
...unpromising candidate for that station which he has since filled to such general acceptance. But •• God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." It pleases sovereign grace, now and thtit, to arrest one of the chief of sinners, a veteran in the... | |
 | English literature - 1821 - 702 pages
...remain difficult; and we see not why we should be unwilling to acknowledge its difficulty. " God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts:" we can only know in part, for the subject is far too mighty to be comprehended by the limited grasp... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1836 - 514 pages
...of those mysterious dispensations of providence, which impress on our minds the truth, that "God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. His path is in the sea, and his footsteps in the great waters; and his judgments are unsearchable,... | |
 | Arminianism - 1842 - 1128 pages
...prayer was offered up by the church continually on his behalf, that his valuable life might be spared ; but the Lord's " ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." Early on the morning of Christmas-day the writer was informed, that Mr. Fishwick had passed a more... | |
 | 1822 - 412 pages
...selected bishops and divine;, engaged in examining, and reforming the offices of the church." pp. 83,84. " The Lord's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. Had the rising church been left to decide, Edward would have continued on the throne of England until... | |
 | William Barber - 1822 - 156 pages
...Redeemer, at Q our request he retired again, if possible, to rest. Lydia said to her, — ' My dear, the Lord's ways are not as our ways, nor His thoughts as our thoughts/ ' No (she answered) ; His thoughts are not indeed as our thoughts: I should have supposed that I should... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 516 pages
...intimate attachment ; all which it were highly improper in us to affect towards the Supreme Being, "whose "ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. I am afraid that the application of Love in a strict sense, and sometimes in too fervent and passionate... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1822 - 940 pages
...the creator, preserver, and ruler of all ; by Him all things consist, and all things serve Him. His ways are not as our ways, nor His thoughts as our thoughts. Intricate are the measures of his unerring Providence, far beyond our ken, and past finding out by... | |
 | Henry Belfrage - Bible - 1822 - 246 pages
...caprice, been plucked up by the hand that planted it, or left to wither for lack of moisture ; but " God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." All his works are truth, and his ways judgment ; and he never deprives us of any advantage which our... | |
 | 1823 - 442 pages
...idleness, would be taught in Sabbath Schools, to fear the Lord and reverence his holy name? "Verily, the Lord's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." Although much has been done, much remains yet to do. There are many children in Pittsburg and the vicinity,... | |
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that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts... 
