...as we entered the apartment, I heard a person with a mournful tone of voice, thus express himself: "Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage ; a few d«ys and full of sorrow." What is the meaning of this ? said I ; this is a strange kind of...

...time, wherein thou wert pleased to sojourn upon earth: yet, I may well say, with thy holy Patriarch, Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage; Gen. xlvii. 9: few, in number; evil, in condition. Few, in themselves; but none at all to thee, with...

...last we find that our days are numbered, we shall be able to say no more than the patriarch Jacob, " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage." This is the universal testimony of every child of Adam. But what then remains ? Were we indeed created...

...time, wherein thou wert pleased to sojourn upon earth: yet, I may well say, with thy holy Patriarch, Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage ; Gen. xlvii. 9 : few, in number ; evil, in condition. Few, in themselves ; but none at all to thee,...

...our seasons of grace, our days of salvation. 4. The patriarch speaks fourthly of his days as evil. " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage." Jacob's life had had much of suffering in it. He was early compelled to quit his home. He had a painful...

...and rose again for me. ' March 4. — I am this day seventy years old. I may say with Jacob of old, " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage." I feel the strongest sympathy with Jacob's spirit ; and I know that Jacob's God is mine. Like him,...

...; for he acknowledged in my hearing, that the words of the patriarch were but too fullv his own: " Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage ;" evil, though not unprosperous ; few, though verging on four-score. But now he hath passed away,...

...days, compared with the generality of the human race, and yet, on looking back, I am ready to say, few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage ; I find I have neither storehouse, nor barn, nor a rag to cover my many errors, but all are open and...

...many short- comings and transgressions. Go back to the Old Testament saints, and witness holy Jacob. ' S Vn * sˇ > @ Y v } )+ # 9) I u " 3 4<j life.' Witness Job : ' If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me. If I say I am perfect,...

...abundance, and the society of all his children. After all these reverses, he was constrained to say, 'Few and evil have been the days of the years of my pilgrimage.' But if we subtract for the enjoyment of the 'sweet restorer, balmy sleep,' onethird of the three score...