...satisfaction he lived to enioy, as we find from the above-mentioned instance. i;.. . April 18. ISAIAH xli. 17. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God oflsrael will not forsake them. The celebrated martyrologist, Mr. JOHN Fox, died 1587. He was at one...

...scatter them : and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and • shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, 1 the LORD will hear them, / the God of Israel will not forsake them. 18 I will open rivers in high...

...KNOW not what advice to give you but this, " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them." Plainly, it is this : ' If the needy find no refreshing in the means, though they seek for it, let...

...perish." — " I perish with hunger," said the prodigal. This is a starving condition. Moreover, " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fuiK'th for thirst, I the Lord will help them." The state of these is, that their tongue is swelled,...

...not feel more at her disappointment than I did. But God is not confined either to place or means. " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their soul faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, 1 the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will...

...the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee ; for I am the Lord thy God." " When the poor and needy seek water, and there...wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water." " The Lord will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in time of trouble." " The Lord will...

...them the fountains of the tree of ' life, and he will drink of them in the way, as it is ' said : " I will open rivers in high places, and ' fountains...wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land ' springs of water." Isaiah xli. 18. It is also ' written : " They shall not hunger nor thirst ; ' neither shall...

...is giving the people, Isaiah xli. 17, 18. he uses expressions exactly conformable to this passage, " When the poor and " needy seek water, and there is...for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Jacob will not forsake them : I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the...

...every poor man's case. ' When the poor and needy seek for water, and there is none, and their tongues faileth for thirst : I the LORD will hear them. I...Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high-places, and fountains in the midst of Tallies,'* and the high value of those promises, is that...

...the wilderness and the solitary place be glad, and the desert rejoice and blossom as the rose; he can open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys, and make the dry land springs of water. And, what is more, he wishes to do so ; his revealed will is...