 | 1841 - 538 pages
...martyrs" has been " the seed of the church." Nor does it depend upon his life. No, the prophets die ; for " all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of...grass; the grass withereth, and the flower thereof fadeth away : but the Word of the Lord, endureth for ever. And this is the Word, which by the Gospel... | |
 | John Pring - 1839 - 184 pages
...again, (says another blessed companion) not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh...falleth away; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever." (Pet. I. i. 23, &c.) And, as he adds, " This is the word which by the gospel is preached unto... | |
 | Jonathan Edmondson - Methodist Church - 1839 - 404 pages
...infidels have attacked it with an unsparing hand ; but it still remains, and will remain for ever. " All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as...falleth away ; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever." 1 Pet. i. 24, 25. Had the Bible been a mere human work, as some persons have supposed, it might... | |
 | Charles Frederick Childe - 1839 - 448 pages
...for ever. The ' earthen vessel may be shattered, but the treasure ' it enshrines is imperishable. " All flesh is as ' grass, and all the glory of man...falleth away ; but the word of the Lord endureth ' for ever." ' Such we may conceive to have been the spirit with which the Apostle speaks on this occasion.... | |
 | 1839 - 68 pages
...withereth, the flower fadeth ; but the word of our God shall stand for ever. Isai. xl. 6, 7, 8.——All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the...thereof falleth away; But the word of the Lord endureth forever, I Pet. i. 24, 25. 14. Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk - Europe - 1839 - 742 pages
...blooms and bears fruit all around these regions. What an illustration of the words of St. Peter : " The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth...the word which by the gospel is preached unto you." We left Bristol on the 30th of August in a steamer for Dublin, and had a wretched voyage ; but, as... | |
 | 1839 - 496 pages
...tells us of the uncertainty of earthly things, and the insecurity of those who hold posts of honour. " All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as...grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away." "In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth." This... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1839 - 382 pages
...daily and hourly decreasing. Yes, all things come to an end, "all flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass, the grass withereth...falleth away, but the word of the Lord endureth for ever."* II. Secondly, What a lesson is here read to every minister of the gospel ! He must never forget... | |
 | Clergy - 1840 - 434 pages
...heart-stricken friends. livered by the Rev. John Woodbridge, DD of Hadley,* founded on ] Peter, i. 24, 25, " For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man...thereof falleth away, but the word of the Lord endureth forever." Among the publications of Dr. Lyman were the following : 1. Election Sermon, 1787. 2. Sermon... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1840 - 370 pages
...all that we have or are without religion — - is as the flower of the field: the grass wither eth and the flower thereof falleth away, but the word...this is the word which by the Gospel is preached unto you1. Try your hearts, therefore, not by periods of excitement, or the flattering illusions of natural... | |
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For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you. 
