| Truth - 1837 - 566 pages
...awaken such aspirations of thankfulness, that you should rise from your grief, as David did, and say, ' I shall go to her, but she shall not return to me ;' and you should gird yourself up to your duties, and submit to the Lord, and say, ' The Lord gave, and the... | |
| 1838 - 514 pages
...nearer God and Heaven ; but he never abandoned himself to grief, and his language was that of David, I shall go to her, but she shall not return to me. Such, however, to his feelings was the sacredness with which her memory was invested, that till the... | |
| John Newton - Theology - 1839 - 496 pages
...me, that she may live ? But, now she is dead, wherefore should I fast ? Can I bring her back again f I shall go to her, but she shall not return to me." Besides which, Mr. N. had a favourite sentiment, which I have heard him express in different ways long... | |
| Stephen Collins - Essays - 1842 - 318 pages
...flourish in immortal bloom: and he may adopt the language employed by David, when told his child was dead, I shall go to her, but she shall not return to me. So kind was the nature of Lamb — so constant his friendships — that but one instance is recorded... | |
| 1843 - 414 pages
...answer like the Shunamite, "It is well ; " the soothing thought also came into her sorrowing spirit, "I shall go to her, but she shall not return to me." Mrs. Bertram was a woman of a strong understanding, and possessed of an enlarged mind ; she had been... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1845 - 374 pages
...: was it all lost labour? Surely no ; I have good hope that Heaven is something fuller for my babe. I shall go to her, but she shall not return to me. My God is instead of all to me ; and were he not mine, sure it were impossible to bear up without sinking... | |
| Elizabeth Gurney Fry - 1847 - 552 pages
...he might see the coffin as it was borne by, when, to the nursing sister by his side, he exclaimed, " I shall go to her but she shall not return to me." The fever ran its course, the excitement attending it came and went, but there was no recovering, all... | |
| 1856 - 666 pages
...as those without hope. " But now she is dead, wherefore should I fast ? Can I bring her back again ? I shall go to her, but she shall not return to me." JOHN WRIGHT. HOW WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD. A NEW TEAR'S STORY. " COME, my little Fanny," said Mrs. Bartlett... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1865 - 1220 pages
...Maggie's grave by the young Countess, with these words : — "Maggi>Davies, aged 19 ; died July 20th. I shall go to her, but she shall not return to me." This simple text was selected by William, as it afforded tho only consolation. — he would admit the... | |
| Periodicals - 1852 - 628 pages
...come to her funeral, say, 'Here lies my dear, faithful, pious, prudent, prayerful wife. I shnll yo to her, but she shall not return to me.' And so he...with which Abraham deplored his aged Sarah.' Touching anil eloquent eu login m ! and justly deserved. Equally so are a few lines from the pen of the apostle... | |
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