 | Hugh Pearson - 1835 - 434 pages
...not remain and sink in trouble. The words of Christ from Isaiah xlix. 4, often occur to my mind. ' Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain ; yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.' But indeed, the following verse ought to allay... | |
 | 1835 - 434 pages
...sometimes apparently useless, he is often ready to lay down his commission at his Master's feet, to say, " I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain." Bound to engage at the times appointed, and knowing what is expected from him, in his perplexity arising... | |
 | John Howe - 1835 - 662 pages
...said, " Thou art my servant, О Israel, in whom 1 will be glorified." And verse 4th, "I have laboured in vain ; I have spent my strength for nought and in vain." That name of Israel is put upon him, as sometimes, elsewhere, the name of Jacob ¡я, as signifying... | |
 | Robert Means - 1836 - 622 pages
...forever. SERMON VIH. THE DISCOURAGEMENTS AND CONSOLATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTER. ISAIAH XLIX. 4. Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent...my strength for nought, and in vain : yet surely my judgment w with the Lord, and my work with my God. THE words of the text were uttered by the prophet... | |
 | 1852 - 1000 pages
...sav, express my feelings on this occasion better than in the words of holy writ: " I have laboured in vain ; I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain. Yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God." Mot to mention inward conflicts, more or less... | |
 | Seth Williston - 1836 - 664 pages
...John i. 5, 11, and iii. 19, 32. The evangelical prophet represents him as uttering this complaint, " I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain." Isa. xlix. 4. Here is a practical demonstration, that the gospel offer can not be so advantageously... | |
 | 1848 - 508 pages
...complaining thus of the Jews (or old church of God) who received him not : " Then I said, I have laboured in vain: I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain." But the Lord said : " It is a light thing that thou shouldst be my servant, to raise up the tribes... | |
 | 1837 - 528 pages
...back primitive times. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Thanks be to God. I said I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain ; yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God. He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword ; in the... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 600 pages
...all worlds, to be a fit and perfect instrument of his service. XLIX. 4. Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain ; yet surely my judgment is iMth the LORD, and my work with my God. Then I said, I have omitted nothing on my part,... | |
 | John Young (M.A.) - 1837 - 248 pages
...my strength." Jairus himself, by this very circumstance, was induced to exclaim, " I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and in vain:" and when just on the eve of abandoning his work, and ignobly quitting the field of honourable exertion,... | |
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Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain : yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. 
