cursed the day of their birth; and the latter, scarcely less excusable, prayed impatiently to God to “take away his life,” in order to liberate him from his troublesh. Even the Saviour himself, in his afflictions, adopted the language of the Psalmist, “My God, my God! why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaringi?” And no doubt the hands of the strongest will hang down, and the heart of the stoutest faint, if God strengthen them not to drink
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