| New York Sunday School Union Society - 1816 - 428 páginas
...had so often heard, were now remembered with delight and profit. They were as the dew of Hermon ; " as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." Hence she resolved by the power of the grace of God to walk in wisdom's ways, and to present herself... | |
| Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 páginas
...Lebanon.' Heavenly doctrine, or the word of God, is likewise compared to dew : ' My doctrine (says Moses) shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as...small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers on the grass :' that is, my doctrine shall have the same effect upon your hearts, as dew has upon the... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1817 - 510 páginas
...heart, and transform the hearers into other men ! How doth his doctrine drop as the rain, and his speech distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass, 1086 78 THE SAINTS' EVERLASTING REST. w'.iile his lips publish the name of the Lord, and ascrihe greatness... | |
| 1817 - 1082 páginas
...and die. GIVE ° ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 l with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment c as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish... | |
| 1818 - 948 páginas
...CHAP. XXXII. IVE ear, О ye heavens, and I will speak ; and near, О earth, the words of my mouth. 2 terrify me : 35 T/u- n would I speak, and not fear him ; but it is not so with me. CHAP. X. Y 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He it the Rock,... | |
| John Edwards Caldwell - 1818 - 780 páginas
...Holy Spirit was poured down in copious showers — "dropping as the rain, distilling as the dew, or the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." It arrested and affected every rank and class of hearers, and afforded a strong hope that it was the.... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1818 - 376 páginas
...clouds bound up, and the dew restrained ; here a " doctrine dropping as the rain, and speech distilling as the dew ; as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as showers upon the grass." The prophet represents, in beautiful language, the blessedness of an open... | |
| 1831 - 854 páginas
...poetry ? 1 . " Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak : And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2. " My doctrine shall drop, as the rain : My speech shall...the tender herb, And as the showers upon the grass." 3dly, The titles "V!£> "IIDTD, &c. are frequently prefixed to portions of Scripture, which are distinguished... | |
| 1819 - 948 páginas
...ended. CHAP. XXXII. IVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and near, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 ; one shall he called, The city of destruction. 19...to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and (rrass: 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1819 - 648 páginas
...or to borrow a beautiful illustration from the inspired volume, " they should drop as the rain, and distil as the dew, " as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers " upon the grass." The works whose titles stand at the head of this article, are of various merit, and possess different... | |
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