...which hath torn y * John-.icvii. 15. " portion is His people ; Jacob is the lot of His " inheritance. He found him in a desert land, " and in the waste howling wilderness:" and with respect to each of them, " He leads him " about, He instructs him, He keeps him ". as the...

...to teach them how to fly; and then compares it to the tender care and love of God to his people. " As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over...them on her wings ; so the Lord alone did lead him [Jacob], and there was no strange God with him. He made him ride on the high places of the earth,"...

...as the following voice of divine sovereignty was echoed through the woods. ." As an eagle stirrcth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth...beareth them on her wings ; so the Lord alone did lead Jacob, and there was no strange God with him," Deut. zzxii. 11, 12. THE SAINTS TRIUMPH. As Eagles stir...

...people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste'howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he...the apple of his eye- As an eagle stirreth up her nest,futtereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings;...

...his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, in the waste-howling wilderness: he led him about; he instructed him; he kept him as the apple of his eye." Then comes the image of which I speak: but in order to enter fully into its meaning, it will be proper...

...their spot was not of his children : they are a perverse and crooked generation. The Lord led Jacob about ; he instructed him ; he kept him as the apple of his eye," (Deut. xxxii, 5, 10.) " He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase...

...animal creation ; and, taking an example from the inferior tribes, it beautifully declares, that ' as an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over...wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings,' so he watches over his rational offspring, delighting to lead, instruct, and bless them. Rising still...

...of God's ancient people may, in a spiritual sense, be applied to such persons. The Lord " found them in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led them about, he instructed them, he kept them as the apple of his eye — the Lord alone did lead them,"...

...Deuteronomy, xxxii. 9 — 12, " For the LORD'S fiortion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wildarness ; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle...

...day He went before him, by night He encamped behind him. " He preceded him in a desert land, and in a waste howling wilderness ; He led him about, He instructed...her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings." (Deut. 32.) Such is the Being that a New Churchman strives to be like. He wishes to make others happy....