...but may our Heavenly Father give to you "the oil of joy for mourning," and at last may you be able to say " it is good for me that I have been afflicted." And now, our faithful teacher, we come as a united band, to offer anew our congratulations to you, and...

...Let your trouble drive you nearer to Him ; and, terrible as it may have been, you will yet be able to say — " It is good for me that I have been afflicted," and to join in the words of adoring love with which we close : — " Since, then, neither change nor end...

...Let your trouble drive you nearer to Him ; and, terrible as it may have been, you will yet be able to say — " It is good for me that I have been afflicted," and to join in the words of adoring love with which we close : — " Since, then, neither change nor end...

...God fulfils the ancient declaration, " As thy day is, so shall thy strength be." He was often heard to say, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted ;" and evidently derived much holy joy from meditating on the text which declares, that " the sufferings of...

...good, I have thought proper to make some remarks on the dealings of divine goodness with me, having often had cause, with David, to say, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted." And most earnestly I desire, that whoever reads the following lines, may take warning, and shun the evils...

...her time of need. When afflictions have this effect upon us, we should bless and praise the Lord and say, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted," And we are also taught here that our help is in God, and in God alone. It was to Him that Hannah sought....

...her time of need. "When afflictions have this effect upon us, we should bless and praise the Lord and say, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted." And we are also taught here that our help is in God, and in God alone. It was to Him that Hannah sought....

...darkest hour of grief. He can touch the secret springs of sorrow. He can. cause the bereaved heart to say — " It is good for me that I have been afflicted ;" and, " Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him." Bear with me, while I offer you the testimony of one,...

...disguise." They tax the heart, and yet they more bless it than tax it. Happy is the man who can truly say "It is good for me that I have been afflicted. and also " ministered unto him of their substance." It has been sometimes supposed that she had previously...

...more fond of secret devotion than formerly 7 Is your soul even as a weaned child 1 Can yon in truth say, • It is good for me that I have been afflicted," and refer BEAUTY or FORMER TIMES. — We question whether the celebrated Beau Brummel, and even the equally...