...distinctions ; and the monarch, as well as his subject, is obliged to claim an unnatural alliance ; to say " to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister." The commission which the Lord of hosts gave to Saul is more extensively given to Death. " Now go and...

...come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. — Job xvi. 22. The grave is mine house, &c. I have said to corruption, Thou art my father : to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. — Job xvii. 13, 14. Shall any teach God knowledge ? &c. One dieth in his full strength (or very perfection),...

...because of darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I lave made my bed in the darkness. 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father : to the worm, Thou art my moher, and my sister. 15 And where is now my hope ? as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 They shall...

...insect of this tribe. The first of these words, nm, appears in the following passages. Job xvii. 14. " I have said to corruption, thou art my father, to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister." Here the grave is described as the patriarch's bed of darkness, but nothing is said of devouring ;...

...short because of darkness. 13 If 1 wait, the grave i» my house: I have made my bedin the darkness. 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 16 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it ? 16 They shall go down to the bars of...

...For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. Job xxx. 23. I have said to corruption, Thou art my father : to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. Job. xvii. 14?. KAGHYADOGH8ERADOGEAGHTY T8INIYOGHT-IJARE. 331 Ok ne neanne ne Royaner rbewarighwawasis,...

...it. How seldom and shy are my thoughts of it. I am loth to own my kindred to the dust. Unlike Job, he said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. I had a comfortable time with my dear mother. We slept together, and often prayed together, with comfort,...

...human nature ; — a still small voice within, which says in a moral as well as a physical sense, " to corruption, thou art my father — to the worm, thou art my brother and my sister."' This is the essence of human nature, and the internal evidence of the great...

...Job did not suppose death to be the final destruction of man. A like passage we find chap. xvii. ' I have said to corruption, thou art my father ; to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. And where is now my hope ? As for my hope who shall see it?' Not the men of this generation, for '...

...darkness." Go thou, and do likewise: and when death comes, thou shalt have nothing ado but to lie down. " I have said to corruption, thou art my father : to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister." Do thou say so too, and thou wilt be the fitter to go home to their house. Be frequently reflecting...