...with the faith in the progressive amelioration of mankind, cannot estimate at too high a price—" It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies.—The clergyman...

...which it is inquiring? — "The depth saith, It is not in me ; and the sea saith, It is not in me. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof." I. " The dove must settle on the cross." Here is the rest for the soul. Here sit down and be refreshed....

...xxviii. " Which cannot begotten for gold, nor shall silver be weighed for the price thereof; which cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. I proceed now to the II. Thing proposed, viz. to show what is implied in a minister of the gospel's...

...is to come, worth to the world? No arithmetic can compute them, no money can compensate them. They cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. The Church, then, should consider it her solemn duty, at once to take energetic action on two points...

...land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me ; and the sea saith, It is not with me. Itcannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof." Where are they, that, but a few years back, possessed pleasures and honours, parks and palaces, crowns...

...be gotten for gold, 38* Nor shall silver be weighed out-as the price thereof. It cannot be purchased with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire. Gold and crystal are not to be compared with it : Nor can it be purchased with jewels of fine gold....

...thereto, fortune contributeth much less ; it cannot be bought at any rate : ' It cannot,' saith Job, ' be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed...of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire ;' it is the offspring of watchful observation and experience, of serious meditation and study ; of...

...in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver...weighed for the price thereof. It cannot be valued with gold of Ophir, with the precious ouyx, or the sapphire. The gold and crystal cannot equal it : and...

...the imagination ! — •What is said of wisdom may, with the same truth, be said of salvation — " It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price of it. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it ; neither can it be gotten for jewels of fine gold."...

...found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not in me. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver...valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx and the sapphire. The gold and the crystal cannot equal it : and the exchange of it shall not be for...