...utterly to forsake thy way, but hast hedged me in on every side, and kept me from falling away. Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life ; but I have been a wayward child : I have not rendered unto the Lord according to his great goodness,...

...my mind ; they are very dear people to whom you sent me, so that I am constrained to say, ' Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life.' My cup runneth over with blessings. Oh ! that my heart may feel a deep sense of the great benefits...

...goodness of God ; and all, even the poorest and most tasked pilgrim, may in sincerity say, ' Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life.' With what a placid face does the old man talk of death ! How willing he seems to die ! With what an...

...hastened forward again, the careless, listless, and declining soul! Well may the believer say, surely "goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life." "The Lord God is a sun and shield, he will give grace and glory." " He forgiveth all mine iniquities,...

...she one day, " in hiding my transgressions from my fellow-sinners ; he has dealt gently with me, and goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life." A difficulty in breathing, and an almost total loss of appetite, sadly tried and reduced her, but the...

...merchant of Hull; she died on the 19th August, 1817, aged 56 years. God doth not afflict willingly ; goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life. 'Tis safe and sweet on Christ alone to stay, Who takes the sling and fear of death away." A vault was...

...his converse with his friends; secretly and in the congregation his perpetual motto seemed to be, " Goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life." The withdrawal as well as the bestowal of temporal blessings—the traces of God's power and love in...

...gracious reason for every trial and affliction with which he has visited me. All is wonderful ! Surely, goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell iu the house of the Lord for ever !' These last words he uttered with uplifted hands...

...burst into a flood of tears before them, for my heart was filled with gratitude and praise. "Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life!" 0 ! where is there a people that have a God like unto our God, to supply all our needs! seeing, knowing,...

...tranquil. These are precious things, and they make me cry out in the overflowing of a grateful spirit, " Goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life !" The Old Court is just the same as when I last left it; the door covered with studs of iron is yet...