...Lord, thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me."—Ixxv. 5. " Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."—Isaiah xlviii. 10. " When we are judged we are chastened of the Lord, that we should...

...distressed mind. The words in Isaiah xlviii. 10, wherein it is written, " Behold, I have refined I hue, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction," were delightfully and unctuously sent home to her heart, and enabled her to feel that her burden was...

...country." (Zech. vi. 6 — 8.) The black horses are a figure of what God elsewhere says, " Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction." (Isa. xlviii. 10.) They are figures of the waters of affliction through which Britain would have to...

...Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York. '... ELLEN PARRY. CHAPTER I. " Behold I have refined thee, but not with silver ; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."—ISAIAH xlviii. 10. THE last lingering rays of a mid-summer sun were shedding their rich...

...things, knowest that I love thee." The sacrifice was accepted, and infinite and eternal Wisdom responded, "I have refined thee; but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction." Early one morning my husband awoke me, saying, "Mary, I am very sick." I immediately arose, and went...

...answer me." And may you, my dear friend, be able to apply to yourself the words of our God — "Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver: I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction." " I, even I, am he that comforteth you — as one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you."...

...defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. Behold I refine thee, but not with silver. I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it, for why should my name be polluted, and I...

...defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. Behold I refine thee, but not with silver. I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it, for why should my name be polluted, and I...

...passages, we prove positively by a declaration found in connection with the passage last quoted i " Behold I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction." — Isaiah Iviii : 1(K Now, if by the sin of Adam those persons had been wholly corrupted, or even...

...the afflicted — " Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." " I have refined thee, but not with silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction." " We must, through much tribulation, enter into the kingdom of heaven." " These are they which came...