...she at last gets an answer from him: but O, snch a one as was like a dagger to her heart, "It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to the dogs." Now, does she turn away like a dog ? No. 4th. She had got a child's heart and a child's faith too:...

...feet, worshipped him, and cried, Lord help me. He said, " Let the children first be fed ; for it is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs." Did she not now leave off petitioning, and go home .' No, not without his blessing. She replied, "...

...me!~\ followed, and often said in my heart, (reflecting on all my unfaithfulness,) Ah ! " It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs 1" It seemed I could to all eternity have praised him for the least drop of comfort, — and yet I...

...without delay. There was a case in which be held the petitioner a while in suspense, alleging, It i* not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to...unavailing. Had he been required to ascend to heaven, <y to descend into the deep for the blessing, it had been utterly out of reach. Had it been necessary...

...Saviour, he passed her by in silence, till her continued cries called forth this answer : " It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to the DOGS." Which showed the estimation in which the Canaanite was held by him. Nevertheless, by the evincement...

...am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel ; let the children first be fed. It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to the dogs." And was Jesus capable of designed insult to the miserable ? Assuredly not. His object was to try the...

...hath saved thee, go in peace." The woman of Canaan submitted to Christ, in his saying, " It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to the dogs," and did as it were own that she was worthy to be called a dog; whereupon Christ says unto her, " O...

...case of the woman of Canaan, when Jesus, at first, answered her not, and afterward said, " It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to the dogs." But when she still worshipped, prayed, and waited, she obtained these words of approbation : " О woman,...

...Jesus ? Was not her agony great, her soul in deep distress, when she heard our Lord say, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to the dogs? But it is undubitably clear that her faith was real ; yea, that it was very strong, vehement, and skilful...

...But he answered and said: lost sheep of the house of Israel. But she came and worshipped It is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs. And she said : Truth, Lord ; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table. (Matt....