...told him with great joy, That a sermon preached by his father thirty years before, on these words, ' The entrance of thy word giveth light, it ' giveth understanding to the simple,' was the means of her conversion. This his son, Mr. Samuel Say, was brought up to the ministry, and...

...told him with great joy, That a sermon preached by his father thirty years before, on these words, ' The entrance of thy word giveth light, it ' giveth understanding to the simple,' was the means of her conversion. This his son, Mr. Samuel Say, was brought up to the ministry, and...

...; I came out of the chapel witli very different feelings and views to what I had when I went in. ' The entrance of thy word giveth light ; it giveth understanding to the simple.' This was exemplified in my experience. I had read the Scriptures ; I had been catechised, instructed,...

...reason. For instance, it is a standing injunction, I have been told, of the Jesuits in America, act to admit of any communication between their negroes...Psalmist of Israel says, " the entrance of thy word give th light, it giveth understanding to the simple ;" the Jesuits, therefore, with all their learning,...

...ancients, &c. How sweet are thy words to my taste ! thy word is a lamp to my feet, &c. I hope in thy word : the entrance of thy word giveth light, it giveth understanding to the simple. — Ps. cxix. 9. 11. 46. 49, 50. 92. 96. 98—100. 103. 105. 114. 130. Thou hast magnified thy word...

...ancients, &c. How swee^ are thy words to my taste ! thy word is a lamp to my feet, &c. I hope in thy word : the entrance of thy word giveth light, it giveth understanding to the simple. — Ps. cxix. 9. 11. 46. 49, 50. 92. 96. 98—100. 103. 105. 114. 130. Thou hast magnified thy word...

...comfort in my affliction : for thy word hath quickened me :' that is, made ine spiritually alive. ' The entrance of thy word giveth light : it giveth understanding to the simple.' Here light and understanding denote holiness, Psalm cxix. 25, 50, 130. ' Is not my word like as a fire,...

...who was intimately acquainted with that portion of the Bible with which he was favoured, has said, " The entrance of thy word giveth light, it giveth understanding to the simple." Its faintest dawn dispels the darkness of the mind ; but those who have the opportunity of dwelling,...

...ancients, &c. How sweet sre thy words to my taste! thy word is a lamp to my feet, &c. I hope in thy word : the entrance of thy word giveth light, it giveth understanding to the simple. — Ps. cxix. 9. 11.46. 49, 50. 92. 96. 98—100. 103. 105. 114. 130. Thou hast magnified thy word...

...the sense in which mother-church believes them; giving the lie to the declaration of the Psalmist, " The entrance of thy word giveth light. It giveth understanding to the simple." They maintain that unwritten traditions ought to be added to the holy scripture, notwithstanding the...