...of Jesus. Truly " God hath chosen the weak things you, mother, when I was in bed, pray that He would be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless ; and we should not have had this if you had not prayed; and now He's answered your prayer. And when...

...happy. I was just thinking, when you came in, of that passage in the Bible, in which Jesus says, ' I will be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless;' and I can't tell you how much comfort it gave me/' This old woman had followed Mary's example. She...

...speak of Christ to those who know Him not ? Cannot you tell the bereaved of Him who has promised to be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless ? Cannot you encourage the faint and desponding by narrating the displays of divine love and care which...

...me happy. I was just thinking, when you came in, of that passage in the Bible in which Jesus says, ' I will be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless;' and I can't tell yoii how much comfort it gave me." This old woman had followed Mary's ex-ample. She...

...domestic sky ; his truth is the only voiee, ihen, that can speak real consolation ; his assurance that He will be a husband to the widow and a father to the fatherless is the only power, then, that can at all soothe our sorrows, set our affeelions on high, and make us...

...affliction and sorrow ? May they remember Thy promises — which fail not to the faithful — that Thou wilt be a husband to the widow, and a Father to the fatherless. May they be enabled to understand the philosophy of being, and to appropriate and comprehend, in some...

...sunshine of a heart at peace with itself, through humble trust on her God, the truth of whose promise to be " A husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless," she has so fully experienced. One keen disappointment she was in after years doomed to feel, as Harry,...

...knees convinced that it belonged to the missions, and she at once put it into the box. God, who is a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless, was not unmindful of her faithfulness. In the course of the day, a widow lady of high rank, with her daughter...

...himself to his Christian frame of mind, by saying, 4God will take care of them. He has promised to be a husband to the widow, and a father to the fatherless.' There never was any permanent improvement in his condition from the first moment of his attack. The...

...and children our heartfelt sympathy in this their great loss, and pray that God may, in their case, be a husband to the widow and a father to the fatherless, and that he may be their comfort and support in every time of need. 6th. That a copy of these resolutions...