| Robert Charles Jenkins - 1861 - 432 Seiten
...There must,' saith the Apostle, 'be heresies, that they which are approved may be made manifest : ' ' for gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity,' — men who offer themselves as a wall for the house of the Lord. O grief ! the abominable heresy of... | |
| Threshold - 1862 - 142 Seiten
...His hand. Ps. xxxvii. 23, 24. All things work together for good to them that love God. Sam. viii. 28. Whatsoever is brought upon thee, take cheerfully ;...fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. Ecclus. ii. 4, 5. Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as... | |
| Julius Lloyd - 1862 - 146 Seiten
...trial, that it refines and strengthens those who have passed through it. So we read in the Proverbs, " Gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity." In the fourth place, pain is a blessing. This follows partly from what has gone before. For even punishment... | |
| Society of friends - 1862 - 224 Seiten
...Christian boldness which not only did not give offence, but which endeared her greatly to them. But, as " gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity," so she had many trials. Among these she had in her later years much bodily distress, and her mind was... | |
| 1862 - 224 Seiten
...Christian boldness which not only did not give offence, but which endeared her greatly to them. But, as " gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity," so she had many trials. Among these she had in her later years much bodily distress, and her mind was... | |
| Henry Jennings - 1863 - 214 Seiten
...heart aright and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble. Whatsoever is brought unto thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. They that fear the Lord will not disobey his word, and they that love him will keep his ways." Leave... | |
| C. E. Lawrence - 1910 - 136 Seiten
...end. Accept whatsoever is brought upon thee, and be longsuftering when thou passeth into humiliation. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation. Put thy trust in him, and he will help thee : order thy ways aright, and set thy hope... | |
| Henry Parks Wright - 1911 - 202 Seiten
...solicit not; they only offer Choice and occasion, which, once being past, Return no more. —Longfellow. For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.—Ecclesiasticus. If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength Is small.—Proverb*.... | |
| Ariadne Gilbert - 1914 - 452 Seiten
...Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American." THE END " Gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity." ... | |
| Ariadne Gilbert - 1914 - 452 Seiten
...Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American." THE END " Gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity." b89094735941a B89094735941A ... | |
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