...'Call me not Naomi, call me not my pleasant one; call me Mara, (bitterness) for the Lord hath dealt bitterly with me. I went out full and the Lord hath brought me home again empty.' "And how often does it not please God thus to work with his children? How many of us can say 'I went...

...very bitterly wilh me. I went oui full, and 21 the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why /А* л call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and ihe Almighty hath afflicted me ? So Naomi returned, and Ruth 22 the Moabitees, her daughter-in-law,...

...of gratulation. "Is this Naomi who is returned to us?" — " Call me not Naomi,* but call me Mara,f for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me...full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty !" The widow of Elimelech was not only bereaved of her husband and her sons, but a long residence in...

...Is this Naomi ? An. Exod. la. 315 20 And she said unto them, Anno ante • °'ymp- 40°Call me not f Naomi, call me Mara : for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, h and the LOUD hath brought me home again empty : why then call ye me Naomi, seeing...

...1 went out full, and the LORD hath brought ins home again empty : why then call ye me Naomi, seeiug God. but thou shall utterly detest it, and thou ahaft utterly abhor it 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, which returned out of the...

...them, Call me not 'Naomi, 21 call me 7 Mara : for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 1 hat great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the tlten call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified agaiast me, and the Almighty hath afflicted...

...Naomi ? " — the pleasant in heart and in countenance ? How touchingly applicable the answer — " Call me not " Naomi, call me Mara : for the Almighty...testified against me, and the Almighty hath " afflicted me ?" These are cases to which it seems almost vain for man to attempt to minister. All that we can do...

...not Naomi, (pleasant) but call me Mara, (bitter) for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with ine. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home...testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?" The instance of Klijah may aK-o be mentioned, when he recciveii the threatening message from Jezebel,...

...bereavement so complicated, a calamity so overwhelming is sustained, who can wonder at the exclamation, "Call me not Naomi, call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me!" It is vours, then, my Christian brethren, the patrons and supporters of this institution, to pour the...

...of property and of children. Naomi is not the only woman who has said, or has had occasion to say, ' Call me not Naomi; call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.' The Psalmist is not the only person who has said, 'Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted...