 | 1816 - 566 pàgines
...29, when a sermon was preached by his minister, to a very crowded congregation, from PsaJm xxxviii. 4. " Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure...days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am." He has left an example worthy of imitation, and a testimony in the minds of all who knew him, " that... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 636 pàgines
...the shortness of human life, and the certainty of death, says, " Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee...verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity ;" and again, " Man is like to vanity, his davs pass away like a shadow." In perfect harmony with this... | |
 | William Stern Palmer - 1817 - 178 pàgines
...how suddenly it may be executed. To this state of uncertainty, the prayer of David is appropriate: Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I inay know how frail I am;9 for the knowledge of our frailty may cause attention to the Prophet's advice,... | |
 | J. Coote - 1817 - 378 pàgines
...are right. St. Michael, Cornhill. Psalm xxxix. 5. Behold, thou hast made mr days as an hand breadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee ; verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. St. Michael, Crooked-lane. Rev. Dr. Dakins. Matthew, xxv. IS. Watch, therefore, for ye know neither... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pàgines
...then spake I with my tongue. 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it ' d arise, and speak unto them all that I command tiiee:...lost t confound thee before them. The expostulation o al bis jjest state is altogether vanity. Selah. 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely... | |
 | Robert Huish - 1818 - 904 pàgines
...by W. Turner, Hanover-Square, Ne&castle. PSALM xxxix. v. 5. " Behold, thou hast' made my days as an handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee...every man at his best state is altogether vanity." Selah. AS there is nothing in this world, the contemplation of THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. which can afford... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 550 pàgines
...God, and the ingratitude of man ; the transient miseries of time, and the durable glories of eternity. 4. LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days what it is : that / may know how frail I am. Wearied with the contradiction of sinners, and sickening at the prospect... | |
 | 1819 - 488 pàgines
...them up '. We are but of yesterday, and know nothing ; because our days upon earth are a shadow e. Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I amh. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom '. That which I see not,... | |
 | 1819 - 948 pàgines
...was stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me; was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue. 1 am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1844 - 638 pàgines
...so he flourisheth." (Psalm ciii. IS.) 13. An Hand-breadth. " Behold, tliou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee...every man at his best state is altogether vanity." (Psalm xxxix. 5.) 14. Vanity. " I loathe it ; I would not live alway : let me alone ; for my days are... | |
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LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. 
