| Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - 1871 - 720 pages
...my covenanted God, who gave them to me, and willingly quit and give them up to Him, hoping that He will be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless, according to His promise. I hope that the friends of the Lord will remember the living for the dead's... | |
| John Nelson - 1807 - 152 pages
...suffered to take away my life, for calling sinners to the blood of Jesus, the Lord, whose servant I am, will be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless. And were I assured I should be banished or put to death for preaching, and my wife and children beg... | |
| 1803 - 652 pages
...heavenly Father that I must leave you ; but my God shall sup. ply all your need. He hath promised to be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless. O train up the children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, that they may early know the God... | |
| 1824 - 496 pages
...tender and pathetic manner he committed her to the care of his heavenly Father, praying that he would be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless. But as if he thought he could die more satisfied, he said, " O, let my wife die with me !" Being told... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1840 - 644 pages
...for he has answered your prayer — for I heard you, mother, when I was in bed, pray that he would be a Husband to the widow, and a Father to the fatherless; and we should not have had this, if you had not prayed; and now He's answered your prayer. And when... | |
| 1824 - 188 pages
...hildrcn of a father, but though cast down. she never withdrew her trust from [lira, who has promised to be a husband to the widow and a father to the fatherless ; and at length, after serious deliberation, she humbly but firmly resolved that no exertion on her... | |
| 1826 - 188 pages
...some of them. Grandmother. I remember them well : this was one — " Let thy widows trust in me — I will be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless : — and many other such. And I often went on my knees, and begged of God to take my children under... | |
| 1859 - 632 pages
...ever unto Jesus, the Author and Pinisher of our faith " (Heb. xii. 2). May He, who has promised to be a "Husband to the widow, and a Father to the fatherless " (Jer. xlix. 11), grant to all the mourning ones a good nope, through grace, of meeting never again... | |
| Esq. Walter Ferguson - 1827 - 156 pages
...friendship could devise for such a trying hour. I put them in remembrance of One, who has promised to be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless — of One, who will not forsake his people in six or in seven troubles — of One, who, in the dark... | |
| 1828 - 536 pages
...will look to Him whose eye never slumbers or sleeps, for divine assistance, relying on his promise to be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless, of all those confiding in the truth of his word. Should the female orphan honor this tale with a reading,... | |
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