 | Dorothy Anne Thrupp - 1837 - 316 sider
..."THE ENTRANCE OF THY WORD GIVETH LIGHT; IT GIVETH UNDERSTANDING TO THE SIMPLE." — Pi. CX1X. 130. " MY DOCTRINE SHALL DROP AS THE RAIN, MY SPEECH SHALL...THE TENDER HERB, AND AS THE SHOWERS UPON THE GRASS." Deut. xxxii. 2. Fair as the sunny beams of light, That cast upon the mountain height Their rich and... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1836 - 472 sider
...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 that... | |
 | rev. w. thistlethwaite - 1837 - 964 sider
...treasures, beauties, and wonders which it contains. Moses enters on it by this beautiful introduction, " Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear,...words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, and my speech distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 sider
...career. Who can doubt it, when he reads the words of his sublime song, "Give ear, 0 ye Heavens, and Iwill speak: and hear, O Earth, the words of my mouth ;...drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew," &c. The Psalmist David was full of enthusiasm from the time, when a boy, he killed the lion in the... | |
 | Thomas Fuller - 1837 - 888 sider
...that all those worthy divines bred therein, may have their doctrine drop as the rain, and their speech distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass ! Deut. xxxii. 2. • Antiq. Jud. lib. xv. cap. 20. /. Letmonc censure this for a digression from our... | |
 | 1838 - 950 sider
...declarations, made in subdued simplicity of manner. She teaches in the spirit of the man of God, who said, " My doctrine shall drop as the rain; my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." Never withholding the truth, nor from mistaken charity hesitating to declare, in solemn and uncompromising... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 sider
...ended. QO Give ear, О ye heavens, and I will speak ; **• And hear, О earth, the words of my mouth. 2 r, To lay the land desolate : And he s : 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD : Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He iff the Rock,... | |
 | London female mission - 1838 - 444 sider
...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... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1838 - 300 sider
...improvement. Upon us, upon them, and thy whole Church, let the truths of thy holy word drop as the rain, and distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass, at this time and for evermore ; through Jesus Christ. Amen. Our Father, &c. SECOND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH.... | |
 | 1839 - 510 sider
...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... | |
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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. 
