...individuals, pointing to ways and means of greater efficiency in the work of the Gospel. May " the God of Hosts look down from Heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, and the vineyard which hia right hand hath planted." CARLTON CHASE, Bishop. Mr. Peirce, from the Committee on Finance, made...

...to unite with us in praying, in the language of the ancient church, ' Return, we beseech t/iee, О God of Hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine.1 "It has been thought that a desirable object would be accomplished by this Society, if it were...

...it ? is The boar of the forest gnaweth it, And the beast of the field browseth upon it. 14 Turn now, O God of Hosts ! Look down from heaven, and behold, And visit this vine — is Even the plant, which Thy right hand hath planted. Yea, look upon the son, Whom Thou hast made...

...thing cast out to be trampled under men's feet. In the midst of these desolations they cry, P«I. " Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts, look down ' from Heaven, behold and visit this Vine:" but their very prayers are turned into sin, and their cries are no better...

...which pass do pluck her ? The boar out of the woods doth waste it, and the wild beast doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts : look down...and behold, and visit this vine, and the vineyard thy right hand hath planted, and the branch thou madest strong for thyself. PSALM 80. In a word, an...

...in the conversion and salvation of this ancient people repeat with fervour the Psalmist's petition : Return, we beseech Thee, O God of Hosts ! Look down from heaven ; and behold, and visit this vine! ECCLESIASTES, XII. 6. The pitcher broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at tJie cistern. May...

...Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine ; 15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. 16 It is burnt with fire, it, it cut down : they perish at the rebuke of...

...pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, c and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts : look down...right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. It is burned with fire, it is cut down : they perish at the rebuke of thy...

...thy people may rejoice in thee ? Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation." And again, " Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts ; look down...right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself." And again, the prophet Habakkuk prays, " O Lord, revive thy work ; in the...

...pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech Thee, O God of hosts : look down...and behold and visit this vine ; and the vineyard wlach Thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou modest strong for Thyself. That your lordship...