...languishing under continual weakness, and groaning under most grievous pains, crying in the morning, would God it were evening, and in the evening would God it were morning, weary of going, weary of sitting, weary of standing, weary of lying, weary of eating, of speaking,...

...destroyed, and the work of years blasted. The times grew worse. Many said as of old, in the morning, "would God it were evening," and in the evening, "would God it were morning." Our schools and missions were crippled for lack of means. It is a miracle of God's goodness that we...

...soothe its fret-tings, or make the present hour so tolerable that they cease to cry in the morning, " Would God - it were evening," and in the evening, "Would God it were morning." There is the ministry of the morsel SECOND PAPER. rVING glanced at the ministry of Jesus, and seen...

...me what I've been reading." " Ah, poor soul ! " said granny. " No doubt she says in the morning, ' Would God it were evening,' and in the evening, ' Would God it were morning,' like the disobedient woman in Deuteronomy." Swithin, in the room overhead, had suspended his calculations,...

...death does ceaseless work. Hearts are broken, tears flow, the sigh is oft-times heard in the morning, " Would GOD it were evening ! " and in the evening, " Would GOD it were morning ! " War desolates the earth. The arm of man is lifted against his fellow. Swords are red with blood....

...native soil. "The fury of the oppressor" was also a continual cause of "fear." They said in the morning, Would God it were evening ; and in the evening, Would God it were morning ! He " took the young men to grind," says the weeping prophet, "and the children fell under the wood."...

...suffering with every niche and every crack in the walls of their chamber. They cry in the morning, ""Would God it were evening," and in the evening, " "Would God it were morning." Some, though with health and strength, are yet stooping from day to day and from year to year under...

...man after labour unduly prolonged, from the weariness of the sick man who in the morning cries out, ' Would God it were evening ! ' and in the evening, ' Would God it were morning ! ' Low-sunk life imagines itself weary of life, but it is death, not life, it is weary of. Never a...

...languishing under continual weakness, and groaning under most grievous pains, crying in the morning, would God it were evening, and in the evening would God it were morning, weary of going, weary of sitting, weary of standing, weary of lying, weary of eating, of speaking,...

...occasional excitement of the doctor's visit; and many there were who cried to themselves in the morning, " Would God it were evening ! " and in the evening, " Would God it were morning ! " But there was yet this other difference, that disease and doctor, fear and hope, gossip and grumbling,...