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Him, whose ear is open to his supplication; to the friend of the 

 friendless, and the avenger of the innocent: he goes to that hea- 

 venly parent who refuseth not the prayer of the poor destitute, 

 and despiseth not his desire. In the language of the mild and 

 gentle Hannah, who had poured forth her soul in distress, he can 

 join in her grateful hymn "There is none holy as the Lord, nei- 

 ther is there any rock like our God! The Lord killeth, and maketh 

 alive; he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up: the Lord 

 maketh poor and maketh rich; he keepeth the feet of his saints, 

 and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for the pillars of the 

 earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them \" 



Could Eli, the high-priest, who rebuked her for an imaginary 

 fault, have formed more sublime conceptions, or clothed them in 

 more exalted language; or can any composition by the most 

 learned student exceed this beautiful prayer? It was, indeed, the 

 prayer of an unlettered female; but that female was the child of 

 God! The wisest and greatest monarch that ever swayed a 

 sceptre, thus addresses the same Jehovah. " O Lord God of 

 Israel! there is no God like thee, in the heaven, nor in the earth; 

 who keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants who 

 walk before thee with all their hearts; have respect to the prayer 

 of thy servant, and to his supplication ! But will God in very 

 deed dwell with men upon the earth? Behold, heaven and the 

 heaven of heavens cannot contain thee! Thou wilt hear from 

 heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, the prayer and supplica- 

 tion of thy people!" 



I insert these beautiful effusions from two devoted servants of 

 God, in different situations of life; because it has been thought 



