 | New Church preacher - 1839 - Страниц: 784
...divine protection and assistance. " If the Lord keep not the house, they labour in vain who keep it. If the Lord keep not the city, the watchman waketh but in vain." It hence becomes our duty to prefer our petitions to the Lord in the evening, and to rest under... | |
 | Thomas Scattergood - 1845 - Страниц: 498
...Settle, and got to the select Monthly Meeting about five o'clock. " 13th. — Arose low and poor. ' If the Lord keep not the city, the watchman waketh but in vain ; except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain who build it.' May I cast myself, therefore,... | |
 | H. N - 1854 - Страниц: 310
...hope in God and in our Lord Jesus Christ ; and whatever be the good they have effected or the progress they have made in religious perfection, let them feel...influence of sun and dew his toil must be fruitless, but labours and digs the earth according to God's command, that it may be ready to receive a blessing from... | |
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For if the Lord keep not the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Therefore, let us look unto Him until He compassionate us. 