 | Chambers's journal - 1865 - 234 pages
...to advise them for their welfare, and then leave the event in the hands of Him who has promised to be a father to the fatherless and a husband to the widow. Owing to the extreme youth and unsteady conduct of his youngest son, Mr Harley could not leave his... | |
 | Order of United American Mechanics. State Council of Pennsylvania - 1865 - 122 pages
...our deceased President in their affliction, prayerfully commending them to God who has promised to be a father to the fatherless, and a husband to the widow. Resolved, That we do pray to Almighty God to protect and direct his successor, ANDREW JOHNSON, in the... | |
 | James Smith - 1865 - 494 pages
...above that you are able to bear. Are you bereaved ? He will be better to you than ten children. He will be a father to the fatherless, and a husband to the widow. He is a friend that loveth at all times, and ever lives to manifest his friendship. Are you in perplexity?... | |
 | Edward Irving - 1865 - 510 pages
...ministers at his altar. And I counsel you to expend your thoughts upon the nobler offices of humanity, to be a father to the fatherless and a husband to the widow, and the orphan's help and the stranger's friend. I am not ignorant of the difficulty of carrying into... | |
 | Joseph Stratford - 1865 - 448 pages
...some glorious text. And my mother, who had a text of Scripture for everything, exclaimed, ' He will be a father to the fatherless, and a husband to the widow !' I afterwards began to read through the Scriptures to find out this passage, in Psalm Ixviii. 5.... | |
 | 1866 - 568 pages
...saying, Because I bare him with sorrow." She may have forgotten at the time Him who has promised to be a father to the fatherless and a husband to the widow, and in her want of faith her heart sinks within her, and all she sees before her in the future is sorrow... | |
 | Kentucky. General Assembly - 1868 - 296 pages
...those she dearly loved, may she bow in meekness and humiliation to the will of Him who has promised to be a father to the fatherless, and a husband to the widow. REMARKS OF JUDGE E. 0. PHISTER, OF MASON. MR. SPEAKER : This is a sad occasion in the history of Kentucky.... | |
 | 1873 - 148 pages
...cheerful flames, she exclaimed — " I knew God would raise up some one to help me, for He has promised te be a Father to the fatherless, and a Husband to the widow. And what He has promised He is sure to perform. What a sin to mistrust God ! I am very grateful to... | |
 | 1868 - 612 pages
...the meaning of that word, ' No affliction for the present is joyous,' &c. The Lord told me he would be a father to the fatherless and a husband to the widow ; that when I passed through the waters they should not overflow me. Many words came to encourage me,... | |
 | 1869 - 380 pages
...in [FEBRUABYl, 1869. the same Jesus, and meet me in heaven ? Trust in God, for He bath promised to be a Father to the fatherless and a Husband to the widow." This appeal called forth snch deep sobs and cries from the wife and children as brought ou a sadden... | |
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Be a Father to the fatherless, and a Husband to the widow, for Jesus 
