Old Testament Precepts. কককককককককককককককককককককক 14441 January 1. Acquaint thyself with God, and be at peace. WHA Job xxii. 21. HATE'ER Thou dost bestow, whate'er withdraw, Whether we be with joyful thoughts upraised, Or bowed with anguish down in grief and awe, Eternal Father! be Thou ever praised! I trembled and I murmur'd at my lot; And, faint of heart, I quail'd beneath Thy But now the fear of death appals me not; Take Thou away, or give, as doth Thee please; bear. De La Motte Fouque. Þ444x] A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. LORD of Hosts, the mighty Lord, Where Thou, enthroned in glory, show'st My longing soul faints with desire For in Thy courts one single day Than, Lord, in any place besides Tate and Brady. January 3. Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground. Job v. 6. WHEN affliction lays us low, And the waning pulse beats slow; |