...well-being of the many. They justify the curse called down by the prophet, who cried, " Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there is no place." Some of our centres of population are growing apace. They are passing through social...

...for the life of me. These things cannot come to good. Woe unto them, says the prophet, woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there lie no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth. We must not however run away...

...of their own kind or be ruined. Then would the words of the prophet be fulfilled : " Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field,...there be no place that they may be placed alone in the earth." For, if this went to an extreme in a free country, the " expropriated " could not endure it....

...creased. Ihe dealing of Ahab with JSIabotlis vineyard was but one instance out of many. "Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, .till there be no place." 2 " Among my people are found wicked men : they lay wait, as he that setteth snares : they set a trap,...

...were to continue for another century, some Gracchus might thtc eay as Isaiah said of old, that they ' lay field to field till there be no place, that they may be placed alone iu the midst of the earth.' The facts and figures recently disclosed hy investigation were unknown...

...is followed by a denouncement of woes upon the evil-doers ; upon the selfish owners of property, " that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place left," and upon the revellers, "that rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink,...

...sermons from the 5th chapter of Isaiah, 8th v., "Woe unto them that join house to house and lay 6eld to field, till there be no place that they may be placed alone in the tr.- U of the earth. In mine ears said the Lord of Hosts of a truth maoy houses shall be desolate even...

...period was one of the causes which hastened the ruin of the state. "Woe unto them," said the prophet, " that lay field to field till there be no place, that they may be left alone in the midst of the earth ! " But at the beginning the Hebrew state presented the remarkable...

...period was one of the causes which hastened the ruin of the state. " Woe unto them," said the prophet, "that lay field to field till there be no place, that they may be left alone in the midst of the earth ! " But at the beginning the Hebrew state presented the remarkable...

...shall come up thorns : I will also command that they rain no rain upon it. ISAIAH. (8) \Voe unto them throne of Israel. < 31 ) But Jehu took no heed to walk in the l»w room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! (9) In mine ears an Hit the Louu of hosts,...