In some few the motive was fear, for they had seen or heard of the tender mercies of the savages.

"Master," he gasped, "show a little mercy" "Hast ever shown mercy to any manspeak me true!" "Alack!no, master!

And I have prayed unceasing unto God, and He, in His infinite mercy, hath given thee to my arms again" A trumpet brayed harsh and loud near by, whereat those tender mother-arms drew him closer yet within their sheltering embrace.

Lastly, he urged upon the patriarch to set aside all discord and pride, and to allow divine mercy and peace to prevail instead of strife.

All we can do is to cast ourselves, now and for ever, in life, in death, and in the day of judgment, on His boundless mercy and love who stooped from heaven to die for us and cry, God be merciful to me a sinner.

Wait, ye saints, wait on our Lord, For from his tongue sweet mercy flows; Wait on his cross, wait on his word; Upon that tree redemption grows: He will redeem his Israel From sin and wrath, from death and hell.

And with what mighty and beneficial works was He went to recommend His doctrine, shining in the glorious power and savoring of the abundant mercy of Heaven, so that every apprehensive mind might see the Deity was incarnate.

I shall, I hope, with trust in eternal mercy, lay hold of the possibility of life which yet remains.'

* * With sense whereof whilst so thy softened spirit Is inly touched, and humbled with meek zeal Through meditation of his endless merit, Lift up thy mind to th' author of thy weal, And to his sovereign mercy do appeal; Learn him to love that lovéd thee so dear, And in thy breast his blessed image bear.

"Those that came to our Saviour in the days of his flesh, prayed chiefly for temporal mercies.

Though his voice is constantly heard in the garden and orchard, he selects a more retired spot for his nest, preferring not to trust his progeny to the doubtful mercy of the lords of creation.

Gracious mercy, are you a fool, Captain Franks?" "Ask the passenger himself, for here he comes."

Do you hold that a man is justified by this regeneration, as is St. Austin's opinion? Luther answered and said, I hold this, and am certain, that the true meaning of the Gospel and of the Apostle is, that we are justified before God 'gratis', for nothing, only by God's mere mercy, wherewith and by reason whereof, he imputeth righteousness unto us in Christ.

And indeed there are manifold mercies in this afflictionhow

All this money was expended for purposes of pure mercy.

I, however, felt no reliance upon anything that I had done or could do; my dependence was entirely upon the unmerited mercy of God through Jesus Christ.

But in the pity almost divine with which Hood sings her fate there is not only a spotless delicacy, there is also a morality as elevated as the heavenly mercy which the lyrist breathes.

Our Lord, however, displayed before me, at the same time, another picture, in which I beheld the immense mercies which he bestows in the present day on the poor souls in Purgatory; for on every anniversary of this great day, when his Church is celebrating the glorious mystery of his death, he casts a look of compassion on the souls in Purgatory, and frees some of those who sinned against him before his crucifixion.

How we never really feel that these are all God's undeserved and unearned mercies; and then, how, if we set our hearts on anything which we have not got, forget all that we have already, and begin entreating God to give us something which, if we had, we know not whether it would be good for us; like children crying peevishly for sweets, after their parents have given them all the wholesome food they need.

Cry ye mercy, Master King: marry, this is the matter.

This humble edifice had been erected by a peculiar religious sect calling themselves the Free Grace Believers, the radical tenet of whose creed was a denial of the existence of such a place as Hell, and an affirmation of the universal mercy of God, to the intent that all souls should enjoy eternal happiness in the life to come.

But hope soon revived; and his trust in the providential mercy of God restored his spirits, and enabled him even to look upon a lengthened captivity among the red men with composure.

This upright renewing of covenant with the Lord is a way and mean to procure many mercies, both spiritual and temporal, from the hand of the Lord; which should be a strong inducement and motive to engage us thereunto.

That the mercy of GOD to mankind in sending His Son into the world, was a very signal mercy.

It is my duty to give glory to God for the unspeakable mercy which he has deigned to show me, in calling me from darkness into his marvellous light; in opening to me the treasures of his infinite compassion, and in giving me the hope of salvation by faith in his Son, who only "has the words of eternal life," being alone "the way, the truth, and the life.