...almighty grace. Without Christ we can do nothing. He says to us, as he did to his people of old, " O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in me is thy help." Therefore let us pray without ceasing in his name, " Lord, uphold me, that I fall not; guide me, that...

...Sundedand, with strong aversion to preaching. I dragged myself to about a thousand wild people, and cried,, O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in me is thy help. Never have I seen greater attention in any people at their first hearing the word.. We rode to Shields,...

...sons of reaton as long as they chuse ; but let my wisdom lie low before the altar of revelation,— " O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in me is thy help," Consid. Why, then, vice is n'ot only to be little thought of, but seems almost allow able, provided,...

...and shield. Ver. 10, 11. cxlvi. 5. Happy is he, that hath the God of Jacob for his help. Hos. ix. 13. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in me is thy help. Rom. viii. 26. The Spirit helpeth our infirmities. Heb. iv. 16. Let us come boldly to the throne of...

...that his recovery is of the Lord. The prophet Hosea bears ample testimony to this important truth ; " O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thy help." Our text teaches the same truth. '« The wages of sin is death ; but the gift of God is eternal life,...

...witnesses ; and behold, where are they ? If all knowledge fails as a brook, and as the stream of a brook, passeth away, may I never forget the Lord,...but in me is thy help." 26. I was much depressed by befng suddenly informed of the decease of our dear and worthy friend Samuel Nottingham ; whose lively...

...that my strength is in another, and not in myself. Oh ! it is a sweet morsel to my soul, which says, ' O Israel thou hast destroyed thyself, but in me is thy help*.' Besides, Sir, had Adam continued in his original state of uprightness, and all his children have partaken...

...than I was. But, at the end of this period of time, one Lord's day Mr. B preached from these words, " O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thy help." As he went on treating of the first part, I found my attention drawn to it, and saw that I was interested...

...house of my friend, to church, where I preached to a very large congregation, upon Hosea xiii. 9. " O, Israel ! thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thy help." Many of my friends are called to their everlasting rest since I was here before. We know we ought to...

...words, it implies co-operation. But that God is not in fault, is clearly evident from the passages, " O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself ;• but in me is thy help" (Hosea, xiii. 9) ; " Why WILL ye die, O house of Israel?" {Ezek. xxxiii. 11) ; " What could have been...