| Charles Bradley - 1844 - 560 pages
..." Behold," he says, " I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; on the left hand where he doth work, but I cannot...hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him ; but he knowcth the way that I take ; when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." '¿. We... | |
| Robert Aspland - 1845 - 878 pages
...said to Job : " Behold I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him : On the left hand where He doth work, but I cannot...hideth Himself on the right hand, that I cannot see Him ; But He knoweth the way that I take." EHH CRITICAL NOTICES. Morning and Evening Meditations for every... | |
| John Summerfield - Sermons, American - 1845 - 460 pages
...hears, reads, prays, " I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot...himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him." Still, an intolerable load is pressing him down, and he exclaims, " O that I knew where I might find... | |
| James Hastings - Prayer - 1915 - 474 pages
...might find him ! Behold I go forward but he is not there ; And backward but I cannot perceive him ; On the left hand, where he doth work, But I cannot...himself on the right hand That I cannot see him.' We try to think of Him as infinitely wise and powerful. But goodness, wisdom, power, are themselves... | |
| Albert Henry Currier - Christian biography - 1915 - 336 pages
...to his seat!" "Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him; On the left hand where he doth work, but I cannot...himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him." To this bewildered cry of Job, followed by the declaration of trust, — "But he knoweth the way that... | |
| Samuel Milton Vernon - History - 1916 - 204 pages
...find him! . . . Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot...himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him." God himself has declared that no man can see his face and live, and certainly his presence would so... | |
| Charles Carroll Albertson - Presbyterian Church - 1916 - 200 pages
...find Him ! . . . Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive Him : on the left hand where He doth work, but I cannot...hideth Himself on the right hand, that I cannot see Him ; but He knoweth the way that I take : when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." — Job... | |
| Horace Meyer Kallen - Bible - 1918 - 192 pages
...and the same. " Behold, I go forward, and he is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive him; On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot...himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him." It is for this reason that the author of Job insists on our taking at its face value that revelation... | |
| David James Burrell - Presbyterian Church - 1918 - 232 pages
...unto me. . . . Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot...himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him." We are told of an ancient philosopher named Simonides who was summoned before his king and commanded... | |
| Ernest Trafford Campagnac - Religion - 1918 - 152 pages
...to his seat !... Behold I go forward; but he is not there and backward ; but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand where he doth work, but I cannot...himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. But he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold*. I said that... | |
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