...might say, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn Thy statutes." God's ways are not as our ways, nor His thoughts as our thoughts. His counsels are of old faithfulness and truth ; His judgments are a mighty deep. But Elisha had a...

...who were united to Him, who from eternity lay in his bosom, and in whom he ever delighted. But God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. Had man never sinned, and needed only to be recommended to the divine notice, in order to receive favours,...

...their own master they stand or fall' — 'who doth not give account of any of his matters ' — ' whose ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts.' This will be evidenced on that day, when many a one who had been condemned by his fellow-mortals, will...

...joining him in his cruel expedition, and succeeded beyond our expectations in so doing : but the Lord's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. He does what he will in the armies of heaven and upon the earth. Whr the saints of God do not know...

...would make her a lasting blessing to the church in this place, especially to our youth. But the Lord's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. In the month of May she was received into the church, tn June, she was married to Samuel Atkinson Esq....

...faithful minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In this dispensation, God has plainly declared that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. To human ap. pearance, the life and services of few men were more needed than Mr. Peck's. He had officiated...

...hence he abandoned himself to the deepest dejection of spirit. But to God all things are possible. His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. He can, at any time, turn the captivity of his people as the rivers in the south. Even in their most...

...who were united to Him, who from eternity lay in his bosom, and in whom he ever delighted. But God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. Had man never sinned, and needed only to be recommended to the divine notice, in order to receive favours,...

...by which the conduct of men is so generally regulated. Well, indeed, may it be said of him, that " His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." I speak not here of that fearfulness that is so general in the minds of men, of making known their...

...and he did eat." It is not for man to attempt to vindicate the counsels or operations of God, for " his ways are not as our ways, nor his ** thoughts as our thoughts ;" but we may be permitted to say, that, in this narrative from holy writ, every thing is as consistent...