...drink'?" Thus the children of Israel were in that state which Isaiah describes in a figurative sense, " when the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth them for thirst." And of persons so situated, it is said, " I the Lord will hear them, I the GOD of...

...the Holy One of Israel. I will open rivers in the high places, and fountains in the midst of Tallies: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree;...

...Thus in Ps. xl, 17 : I am poor vnd needy, yet the Lord thinketh upon me. Thus in Is. xli, 17 : Win the poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue fa&cth for thirst ; I, the. Lord, will hear them ; I, the God of Israel, teiZ not forsake them. Tims...

...divine, Here and in endless ages live. 416. The General Invitation of the Gospel. — 8 — 7 — 4. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...hear them. I the GOD of Israel will not forsake them. 1 will open rivers in high places, &c. — ISAI. xli. 17, &C. SINNERS, come, tho' poor and needy, JESUS...

...been to thee. 2. The seasonableness and opportuneness of its provisions ; for thus runs the promise, " When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...them ; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them," Isa. xli. 17. And thus has the performance of it been. This promise has been made good to distressed...

...but more so in mind. Yesterday these words came to my mind, Isaiah xli. 17. " When the poor and the needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue...them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them." I saw they were applicable to my case ; but being in company, could not at that time retire for prayer....

...blessed be God, my dear Saviour ! It is He who tells us in His glorious Word that when the poor and the needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue...them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them ;" and who bids us believe that " when we know not what we should pray for as we ought, the Spirit...

...the prayer another hymn was sung, and then came the sermon. The text arrested my attention : — ' -When the poor and needy seek water, and there is...for thirst, I the Lord will hear them ; I the God of Jacob will not forsake them.' This, thought I to myself, is my condition ; and my previously formed...

...soul lotheth an honeycomb : but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. — Prov. xxvii. 7. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none,...tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, &c. I will open rivers in high places, &c. — Isa. xli. 17, 18. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come...

...of trouble, I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.'' (Ps. I. 15.) " When the poor and the needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue...for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Jacob will not forsake them. I will open rivers in the high places, and fountains in the midst of the...