...going down to the pit, and his life shall see the light." " I have heard Ephraim bemoaning himself; my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him." He beholds the eager and oft-repeated effort to lay hold, by faith, on the great atoning sacrifice...

...confounded, because I did " bear the reproach of my youth. Is Ephraim my " dear son ? Is he a pleasant child ? for since I " spake against him, I do earnestly...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the " Lord."* Here is the true penitent mourning for sin, covered with shame, and crying for mercy ; and the encouraging...

...passage — but her labouring breath would not permit her to finish it. I therefore concluded it, — " since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." " Beautiful ! beautiful !" she exclaimed. I then mentioned many other passages of scripture, in which...

...even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly...bowels are troubled for him, I will surely have mercy on him, saith the Lord." Let those who are tempted to sin consider, that even though they may obtain...

...son ? Is he a pleasant child ? For since I 12 133 spake against him, (or expelled him from Canaan,) I do earnestly remember him still ; therefore my bowels...will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord." The next verse invites and predicts his final restoration. These yearnings of the divine compassion...

...of Divine compassion are finely pourtrayed by the prophet: h Ephraim my dear Son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly...remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled fur him ; I will surely have merci/ upan him, suith the Lord. In this caso we behold not only the sufficiency,...

...I shall be turned, for thou " art the Lord my God. — Is Ephraim my dear son ? " Is he a pleasant child ? For since I spake against " him, I do earnestly remember him still. There" fore my bowels are troubled for him. I will " surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord."2...

...dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember himstill; therefore my bowels are troubled for him, I will surely have mercy on him, saith the Lord." Let those who are tempted to sin consider, that even though they may obtain...

...let them no longer roam in Savage barbarism and death ! My bowels ycara for Ephraim, my first born. "For since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still." " I have seen his ways and will heal him. I will restore peace to him, and to his mourners; peace in...

...confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth ! Is Ephraim my dear son, is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly...surely have mercy upon him; saith the Lord, Jer. xxxi. 18 — 20. . God can look sourly, and chide bitterly, and strike heavily, even where and when he loves...