| Charles Bridges - 1834 - 528 σελίδες
...remembrance, we should be surprised to see how their numbers would multiply, till we were ready to say — " If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand." 1 And truly such recollections would come up as a sweet savour to God "by Christ Jesus ; " 2 while... | |
| Time - 1835 - 274 σελίδες
...he giveth his beloved sleep. — Psalm cxxvii. 1, 2. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : when I awake, I am still with thee. — . cxxxix. 17, 18. Let my prayer be set forth before thee... | |
| Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1835 - 598 σελίδες
...Jane. We cannot count them. Mamma. No ; and David says, " How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand." Psalm cxxxix. 17, 18. Is it not wonderful that the great Being who has formed us loves us so tenderly,... | |
| Henry Gauntlett - 1835 - 908 σελίδες
...frequently notices this as the property of love to God. " How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : when I awake I am still with thee. O God, thou art my God ; early will I seek thee ; my soul thirsteth... | |
| 1835 - 434 σελίδες
...bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches." — " How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God I how great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee." Whatever the subject of your meditation may be, content not yourselves... | |
| John Howe - 1835 - 662 σελίδες
...suitable to serious thoughts of God. " How precious (says the Psalmist) are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sands : when I awake I am still with thee," Psal. cxxxix. 17, 18. These thoughts of God, of which the... | |
| John Howe - 1835 - 698 σελίδες
...meditation of him shall be sweet ; I will be glad in the Lord.' How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the sum of them ! If I should count (hem, they are more in number than Ihe sand ; when I a*ake. I am still with thee.« Yea, in the way... | |
| Christian Wilhelm Oemler - 1836 - 332 σελίδες
...marvellous are thy works ; and that my soul knoweth right well. How precious are thy thoughts unto me, 0 God ! How great is the sum of them. If I should...count them they are more in number than the sand." Ps. cxxxi.t. 14—17. • SECTION LX. I feel constrained to mention another important case, which may... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1836 - 306 σελίδες
...made ; marvellous are thy works ! How precious are thy wonderful contrivances in relation to me, O God ! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand." — This body, however, wonderful as its structure is, is liable to decay, and must soon be dissolved... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1836 - 682 σελίδες
...precious are thy thoughts (or, thy wonderful contrivances) concerning me, О God! How great is Ihe sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand." To which may lie added the words of Job, " Thine hands have made ami fashioned me ; ihou hast clothed... | |
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