...as the husband of Israel ; and this relation is acknowledged even in her adulteries. Isaiah iii. 14, "Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord ; for I am married unto you." But it would be endless to quote passages. Now, God was the husband of Israel only in the letter, which...

...dead, From sin, and earth, and hell, In Ihe new world that grace haa made, I would for ever dwell. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord, for I am married unto you. Ifthou wilt return, O Jsrael, saith the Lord, return unto me. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and...

...more heard in her. Isa. 60.13. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you. Jer. 3.14. k. 21.5-35. Luk. 17.22-37. Luk. 12.40. Mat. 25.6. At midnight there was , Jer. 10.16. The portion of Jacob is ••'" like them : for he ;'.-; the former of all thing*, and...

..."Thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord." "Turn again, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you." "Surely as a wife treacherously departeth, from far husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me,...

...come up to Jerusalem by means of railways from the utmost boundaries of Palestine. Jer. iii. 14 — " Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord ; for I am married unto you : and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion : and I will...

...as " backsliding children." II. His call unto them, and the way in which He enforces that call : " Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord ; for I am married unto you." III. What He promises He will do with His people : " I will take you one of a city, and two of a family,...

...for thou art a near kinsman." When God spreads his skirt over the sinner, he unites him to himself. "Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord ; for I am married unto you." Thus joined unto the Lord, the sinner is washed, and clothed, and adorned, and made "perfect through...

...thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord ; for I am married unto you : and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion : and I will...

...thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord ; for I am married unto you : and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion : and I will...

...children, God never forgets that He is their Father. Listen to His touching, astounding language : " Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you" (Jer. iii. 14.) There may be besides, as we have just remarked, seasons of spiritual wandering or depression...