 | 1848 - 508 σελίδες
...the waters of Babylon, and remembering Zion," he could say of Jerusalem, " If I forget thee, let my right hand forget her cunning : if I do not remember...mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." He could say also, with the psalmist, " Whom have I in heaven, O Lord, but thee? and there is none... | |
 | 1836 - 378 σελίδες
...the hearts of the captive Israelites when they exclaimed, — " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." After he was licensed to preach the Gospel, he continued during two years and three months to do duty... | |
 | William Carvosso - 1836 - 380 σελίδες
...words of the Psalmist were made a great blessing to my soul : " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." I have just now been taking a retrospect of the mercies of God towards me ; and I find I might as well... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - 1836 - 632 σελίδες
...of affection, of kindness, and respect. Be it yours ever to say, " If I forget thee, O Zion, let my right hand forget her cunning ; if I do not remember...tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I prefer not Zion above my chief joy." Bishop Madison reported the state of the churches visited by him since the... | |
 | Lyman Matthews - 1837 - 410 σελίδες
...— thus manifesting the spirit that prompted the exclamation, "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." Of his activity, and of the extent and efficiency of his efforts in connection with various benevolent... | |
 | Louis Bonnet - 1837 - 184 σελίδες
...captive to Babylon, their looks were all turned to Zion. " * If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth : if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." With this hope the friend of Jesus was not alone on his journey to Zion, or left to his own weakness.... | |
 | William Buell Sprague - 1837 - 416 σελίδες
...while he was mourning amidst the scenes of his captivity—" If I forget thee, O Jierusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning; if I do not remember...mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." And who especially that has ever been in a distant land, with the ocean rolling between him and his... | |
 | John Young (M.A.) - 1837 - 248 σελίδες
...God" as to witness, or to hear of, the prosperity of Zion. " If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning: if I do not remember...mouth, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." For this Jairus had long prayed; for this he had laboured according to his ability : and now the seed... | |
 | John Peck, John Lawton - 1837 - 276 σελίδες
...immutable. He could adopt the language of David, and say, "If I forget thee, Oh! Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember...mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy." He was proverbial for his punctuality, both in the intercourse of business and the duties of religion... | |
 | William Thistlethwaite - 1837 - 982 σελίδες
...there is lies wholly on our part. Yet if the Psalmist could say, " If I forget thee O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning : if I do not remember...mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy ;" how much more should we feel ourselves bound to remember our blessed Saviour with the deepest gratitude... | |
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How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 
