 | 1855 - 308 pàgines
...Yeovil, your well-known Christian brother — Samuel Frask — sendeth greeting. Beloved, as cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country ; and surely no better news can be communicated to the true lovers of Jesus, than for them to hear... | |
 | Henry Melvill - 1846 - 394 pàgines
...then will " the tongue of the learned" address him in language which shall accomplish the saying," As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country 9 ." It were vain to send him to Natural Theology, which cannot tell him of a propitiation for sin.... | |
 | John Mason Neale - 1846 - 416 pàgines
...good consolation to you, who are doubtless longing to hear of their welfare. For what saith holy writ ?—As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Where S. Jerome well noteth that there are four things worthy of observation. Firstly—" "Your reverence... | |
 | Baptist missionary society - 1846 - 986 pàgines
...Headers of the JUVENILE MISSIONARY HERALD. MY DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS, — An old proverb says, " As water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country ;" and though I know this saying applies chiefly to good news of and from those we love and who are... | |
 | 1846 - 644 pàgines
...concentrated affections loved to settle— the death of thenMaster! In such circumstances, like water ney, and such be our skill, To lose in its Light to newly opened eyes, or healing to the diseased, and health to the hopelessly incurable, could... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 580 pàgines
...forgiveness of all past sins. Ah ! this is the richest of all delicacies to a heavy laden soul. As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. A good conscience is a perpetual feast. Oh ! weary sinner, taste and see. " I sat down under his shadow... | |
 | Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1847 - 532 pàgines
...forgiveness of all past sins. Ah ! this is the richest of all delicacies to a heavy laden soul. As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. A good conscience is a perpetual feast. Oh ! weary sinner, taste and see. " I sat down under his shadow... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1848 - 234 pàgines
...sentences and explain the use of the comma. A stone is heavy, and the sand [is] weighty. As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. The sun had risen bright and high, And cloudless shone along the sky. (6) Insert commas in the proper... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1848 - 240 pàgines
...sentences and explain the use of the comma. A stone is heavy, and the sand [is] weighty. As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. The sun had risen bright and high, 0 And cloudless shone along the sky. (b) Insert commas in the proper... | |
 | 1849 - 512 pàgines
...— we feel sure the intelligence we shall glean, will not only often test the truth of the inspired proverb, " as cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country ;" but occasionally furnish many a useful hint to the reader, for the better management of his own... | |
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As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. 
