...had to encounter theirs. As it is said in the Prophet, " If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with...thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan ' ?" But a time will come to us all when our great trial shall overtake us — the rain shall descend,...

...shall we be distanced in the next thirty years to come ! ' If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with...land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thce, then how wilt thou do in the swellings of Jordan?" We select this as a picture of our great manufacturing...

...strange work of judgment coming upon this land. There is need now to ask that solemn question — " If in the land of peace wherein thou trustedst, they...thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan ?" Those believers will stand firmest who have no dependence upon self or upon creatures, but upon...

...lest He come Himself in the fierceness of his anger. " If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with...thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan ?" " To obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams." Were t he voice of God...

...bleeds, and hope expires !'* CHAPTER IX. DESOLATION. " If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with...trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swellings of Jordan?"—Jeremiah, xii. 5. " 1'or sadness teacheth us the truth of things, Which had...

...trials which yet await you. If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then hon> canst thou contend with horses ? and if in the land...peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then horn rvilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? Beware, then, my fellow sinner, how you despise the consolations...

...smallest temptation, what shall we do under the greatest? "If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with...horses ? And if in the land of peace wherein thou trusted they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan ?"* And again, who that...

...DAILY LESSONS. they said. He shall not see our last end. If t non hast run with the footmen, and they thon trusted»!, they weaned thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? For even thy brethren,...

...humble their souls, before GOD forces them to it ? — " If thou hast run with the foot-meii, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with...thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan ?'" No wonder that to these the Cross does not, like Aaron's rod, 1 Jer. xii. 5. " bring forth buds,1...

...remains make us very unfit for; hence is that, Jer. xii. 5, " If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with...wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thon do in the swelling of Jordan ?" MOT. 2. If ye do not stir up yourselves to " strengthen the things...