 | Andrew Fuller - 1825 - 536 pages
...hears the voice of the prodigal, is moved with compassion, and runs to meet him. Is Ephraim my desr son ? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against...him, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bo-velx are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. The virgin of Israel... | |
 | Pocket prayer book - 1825 - 578 pages
...interrupts his complaints and confessions, his sorrows and his fears — before he speaks he answers. " Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him I do cwnestly remember him still ; therefore my 9 bowels are troubled for him, I will surely have mercy... | |
 | Rev. Tomas Scott (Rector of Ashton Sandford, Bucks.), Thomas Chalmers - 1826 - 592 pages
...upon my thigh : I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. — Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ?...him : I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." Here is the true penitent, mourning for sin, covered with shame, and crying for mercy ; and... | |
 | John Pridham - 1826 - 438 pages
...hail your return with the liveliest tokens of joy ; and, in accents of paternal love, will exclaim, " Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ?...him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord 1 ." 5. Come then, poor, trembling, conscious sinner, and refuse not the consolations of your... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1826 - 626 pages
...and say, " The Lord is righteous." When such conduct as this is shown, then God is heard saying, " Is Ephraim my dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ?...troubled for him : I will surely have mercy upon him," Jer. xxxi. 18, 20. The converted soul is then ready to say, I bless God who has taken down my stubborn... | |
 | 1858 - 726 pages
...the Holy One in the midst of thee : and I will not enter into the city," Hos. xi. 8, 9. " Is Ephraiin my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I...him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord," Jer. xxxi. 20. But "let me alone .'" " Let me go, for the day breaketh," said the angel of the... | |
 | 1852 - 1174 pages
...Abba m Christ to the Church, has come forth in acknowledgment of His child— " Ephraim, my dear son ! a pleasant child ; for since I spake against him,...him. I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." And who can realize such things as these ! such turning " as clay to the seal," but the poor... | |
 | Lucy G. Belcher Goodenow - 1915 - 600 pages
...becoming reconciled to his son-in-law, he made proper amends by taking as his text (Jeremiah xxxi : 20) : "Is Ephraim my dear son, is he a pleasant child? for...spake against him I do earnestly remember him still." They were ancestors of Hon. Ruel Williams of Augusta, Me. Children (Howard): (117) i. ANNA, b. Oct.... | |
 | James Yorke Batley - 1916 - 220 pages
...hasten God's purpose of mercy: Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a pleasant child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore...him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord (xxxi. 20). Lamentations Apart from the question as to whether the Book of Lamentations was written... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne - 1917 - 468 pages
...that they are called the Lords of the Internal Parts. 959. Whence it is written, Jer. xxxi. 20 : " Therefore My bowels are troubled for him, I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Tetragrammaton." 960. We have learned that this Tiphereth, Beauty, embraceth Mercies and Judgment,... | |
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Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. 
