...have fuch an pbfervable paflage as that in the book of Pfalms, * " Have refpecl unto the covenaiit ; . for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. " The words may be looked upon as a prophetic prayer, looking forward to the times of Chrift, when...

...imminent danger, to engage the care of God for them, Pf. Ixxiv. 20. Haye refpefl unto the covenant : jor the- dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty, qd O Lord, thy people are in the midft of cruel enemies, take care for their protection, and though...

...heart ? Or is it that men will be cruel, if they be not led bycivilifation to better habits ? • ' The dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty,' fays Scripture b. The American favages are more devils than men, delight in cruelty and blood, as if...

...concern of the pfalmiil here, as appears from the body of the pfalrn, and the words following the text: " For the, dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty." Thefe that live in the darknefs of ignorance and error^ and in, the works of darknefs, are full of...

...flefh. Many nations of the earth were never yet enlightened with the beams of the Sun of righteoufnefs, the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. Other places trut have been enlightened for a while, their light was foon put out, and their candlellick...

...down, be thus without one spark of mercy towards their fellow-men ? Yes—thy word tells us that " the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty." So it has ever been—and so will it ever be until the Sun of Righteousness returns again to dispel...

...without the word of God ?" Ellen, the eldest of her scholars, rep'ied by turning to Psalm kxiv. 20: " The dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty." Miss 8. This refers to the heathen lands, which you know are shaded dark in the missionary map of the...

...fir.all a pan of the habitable world is in fubjection to him: So many millions bowing down to idols, the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty, Pfal. Ixxiv. 20. The fight of precious fouls perifhing for want of the word, maJe the bowels of the...

...to acknowledge with gratitude the fovereign mercy of God the Loid, who hath mewed us light ; whilft the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of ignorance and cri»elty, and the worfhip of idols. He fends the light of the knowledge of his glory...

...turtle-dove unto the multitude of the wicked, forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever, have refpect unto the covenant, for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty." No wonder the world be a weary land to the people of God; for the wild beafts are often heard roaring...