...contrasting them with the bitter spirit of his adversaries, are we not ready to pray, " Let us now fall into the hand of the Lord ; for his mercies are great : and let us not fall into the hand of man — ? " Directing'our attention again more particularly to the case...

...see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his...great : and let me not fall into the hand of man. So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed : and there died...

...years, flight before his enemies for three months, or a pestilence which was to rage for three days. " Let us fall now into the hand of the Lord ; for his...great : and let me not fall into the hand of man," was the mournful reply of the humbled monarch. The pestilence commenced, and seventy thousand individuals...

...pestilence in thy land ? And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait ; let us fall into the hands of the Lord — for his mercies are great, and let me not fall into the hand of man. So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel." It came more immediately from the hand of God, without...

...into the full force of King David's language, " Let ut fall now into the hand of the Lord ; for hli mercies are great : and let me not fall into the hand of man." The third, and by far the longest chapter of Peter Porcupine's compilation, consists chiefly of facts...

...take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done very foolishly. And David said, let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great, and not into the hand of man." Lastly, when David appointed his son Solomon to reign in his stead, he said,...

...pestilence. And why? Hear his own words. "And David said unto GOD, I am in a great strait : let us full now into the hand of the Lord ; (for his mercies are...great) and let me not fall into the hand of man." Here, then, we have from the tongue of David a sufficient reason for this apparently extraordinarychoice....

...I never, never shall forget, the prayer of David was in my heart and on my lips, ' let us now fall into the hand of the Lord, for His mercies are great: and let us not fall into the hand of man!'" c 2 " Peace and blessing be with my dear boy!" she replied ; and...

...spirit of unequal judgment. But it may well prompt us. to exclaim,—Let me fall into the hands of God, for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hands of man. To the mercy and the righteousness of God we may accordingly commit the cause of his...

...mine, I will repay, saith the Lord." If I must be punished, " let me fell now into the hand of th« pressions plainly importing, that by creatures such as we are, the gre a man." The only vengeance permitted to man is a vengeance of kindness and forgiveness; the only coals...