...redeemeth thy life from destruction, Who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies. . . . Like as a father pitieth his own children, so is the Lord merciful to them that fear Him, for He knoweth our frame, He remembereth that we are but dust. "Lord, who shall sojourn in Thy tabernacle,...

...thrilled his very heart to hear the text given out twice, with distinctness and quiet emphasis: " Like as a father pitieth his own children, so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear Him." The key-note was plainly struck of the sweet strain that had, during the...