...mother-in-law felt this, when she sorrowfully, though resignedly, said to her friends at Bethlehem, " Call me not Naomi, call me Mara ; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me ; and the Almighty hath afflicted me." t It is remarkable, that this grand appellation of Jehovah occurs...

...alive ; I wound, and I heal ; neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. — Deut xxxii. 39. The A'lmighty hath dealt very bitterly with me ; I...and the Lord hath brought me home again empty.— Ruth i. 20, 21. When Samuel had told Eli what the Lord would do against his house, he said, It is the...

...Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, 7s this Naomi ? 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home an husband also to night, and again empty : why...

...should smite every idol, and lay it low, even though they should have to say with Naomi, " The Lord hath dealt very bitterly with me : I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home empty." But what is the instruction which the Lord desires to impart to his people by smiting their...

...and two children, and now returns to her distant friends, with only a little son. She may well say, " I went out full and the Lord hath brought me home again empty." There are a few who have been so far diicouraged by sickness, as to talk seriously of leaving the country....

...orphan charge, a new-made widow, meeting her fatherless babes with the cry of Naomi in her heart : " Call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me, for I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty ;" — of daughters held back by...

...orphan charge, a new-made widow, meeting her fatherless babes with the cry of Naomi in her heart : " Call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me, for I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty ;" — of daughters held back by...

...Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this " Naomi 7 20 And she said tiath dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and the LORD • hath brought me home again...

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...hierarchy, that those who return from the conventicle to their communion, cannot adopt the words of Naomi, " I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty." On the contrary, whatever may be the case as to spiritual things, in worldly concerns many of them...