 | London female mission - 1838 - 444 pàgines
...Lastly, we will consider rain as the emblem of God's word, for so scripture instructs us to regard it ; " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...rain upon the tender herb and as the showers upon the earth." And how often has the lowly Christian been comforted and the drooping spirit refreshed by his... | |
 | 1839 - 510 pàgines
...directed to " write this song," Deut. xxxi, 19, referring to that highlywrought ode, beginning with, " Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear,...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass," Ibid. chap, xxxii ; an ode this, imbued with the spirit of poetry itself. These passages sufficiently... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - 1839 - 570 pàgines
...version of this prophetic song, broken into hemistichs:— Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will ipeak ; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine...the tender herb, And as the showers upon the grass : Ilecause I will publish the name of the Lord : Ascribe ye greatness unto oar God. He is the Rock,... | |
 | Thomas Williams - 1839 - 178 pàgines
...shall not be your ruin." " God now commandeth all men every where to repent." 14 XXXV. DIVINE TRUT H. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb and as the showers upon the grass. DEUTERONOMY, xxxii. 2. MOSES, in the near prospect of his own death, showed his affection and friendship... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1839 - 418 pàgines
...the soul. In the commencement of his sublime song, Moses employs these exquisite expressions : — " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. "§ Similar passages might be quoted from the sacred writers, wherein, by a felicity of comparison... | |
 | George Bush - 1839 - 738 pàgines
...the god. In storms, they say to the water, " O mother! be calm." — ROBERTS). CHAPTER XXXII. Ver. 2. Z ׀ 0 "H 1839 !Brattleboro ̓Typographic Company" Bush George" George Bush( Oriental writers often speak of beautiful language as dropping upon the hearers. The Hebrew has for... | |
 | 1839 - 296 pàgines
...communication to the world, often pause to dwell on its excellences and its uses. " My doctrine," says one, " shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." As the rain and the dew are to vegetation, giving life and beauty, so is the Bible to the intellectual... | |
 | 1838 - 274 pàgines
...compared to rain. " He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth." " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the shower upon the grass." God then would have us know that his purpose cannot be frustrated by man's... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1840 - 534 pàgines
...Eastern poetry, but at the same time with the precision of philosophic truth : " Give ear," says he, " O ye heavens, and " I will speak : and hear, O earth,...upon the tender herb, and as the " showers upon the grass."J What, is that doctrine so awful, that the whole universe is thus invoked to attend to it ?... | |
 | John Wilson - 1840 - 378 pàgines
...a consideration of the words of promise. " Give ear, О ye heavens, and I will speak ; And hear, 0 earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop...the tender herb, And as the showers upon the grass." The Spirit reveals the Son, the sure Foundation, who came not to destrog, but to fulfil. " Because... | |
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Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. 
