 | Baptists - 1863 - 1030 pages
...They are free from guile. It is said of David, when Jesse sent to fetch him in before Samuel, that " He was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to ; " that is, his heart was sincere, and he had enjoyed much communion with his God. This made him goodly... | |
 | Christian literature for children - 982 pages
...DAVID. DAVID is mentioned in the book of Ruth as the son of Jesse ; in 1 Sam. xvi. 12 he is said to be ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to, and Samuel anointed him in the midst of his brethren ; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him from that... | |
 | John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1863 - 318 pages
...age at this time, yet it must be remembered that David in his youth is expressly described as being ' ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to,' lS.xvi.12; and he very probably may have retained, even in old age, the traces of this his youthful... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1864 - 400 pages
...of a clock wants cleaning sometimes; and does not yours? When David was brought in before Samuel, " he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to." Would David have looked like this, think you, if his face had not been clean? The inside works of a... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1865 - 976 pages
...sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him : for we will not sit down till he come hither. And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy,...countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, inoint him : for this is he. Then Samuel took the horn of oil, tnd anointed him in the midst of his... | |
 | Albert Rhodes - Jerusalem - 1865 - 492 pages
...further off in the wilderness beyond, where tended his flocks the handsome young shepherd — he that "was ruddy and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look upon," the greatgrandson of the Moabite woman ; where too he must have been anointed by Samuel in the... | |
 | Matthew Hale Smith - Bible - 1866 - 408 pages
...Jesse, Send and fetch him, for we will not sit down till he come hither. And he sent and brought him." " He was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren." Man in his home, with... | |
 | George Washington Natt - Sermons, American - 1867 - 420 pages
...all David was brought before the prophet, that the Lord said, "Arise, anoint him, for this is he." "Now he was ruddy and withal of a beautiful countenance and goodly to look to." Thus, in the freshness of early manhood ; perhaps even before he was of age ; was David chosen by God... | |
 | 1867 - 396 pages
...people " breil and born " there, a David-like complexion, of whom it is said, in 1 Samuel xvi. 12, " He was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to." So, without any flattery, we thought of good Thomas Edwards ; and when the recognition day came, as... | |
 | Latter Day Saint churches - 1867 - 1216 pages
...kcepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him ; for we will not sit down till he coma withnl of m beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, aaoint him : for... | |
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Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren : and the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward. 
