| Christian life - 1826 - 416 pages
...Rain, is a figure of the doctrine of the gospel: " 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." Deut. xxxii. 2. " Drop down, ye heavens from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let... | |
| 1826 - 1036 pages
...and bear, О earth, the words of my mouth. i 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall y Cummings, Hilliard, and Crocker & Brewster ... [etc.] shower» upon the <rra« : ' 5 Because twill publish the name of the LORD : ascribe ye greatness unto... | |
| English essays - 1826 - 696 pages
...qualify him to impart. " Ills doctrine drops as the rain, his speech distils as the dew, as t 1 с small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass " The maxims of wisdom which he lays down, though expressed with characteristic brevity,—the instructions... | |
| Joseph Fincher - 1827 - 438 pages
...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: Because I will publish the name of the Lord : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the Rock, his... | |
| London congregational union - 1827 - 436 pages
...When " Jesus sat down to teach the people," " his doctrine dropped as the rain, his speech distilled as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: for he published the name of Jehovah, he ascribed greatness unto our God." Was this wisdom from heaven,... | |
| 1827 - 392 pages
...have dropped from his lips as the rain, and \\vs sleuth, concerning the love of Christ, hns distill' d as the dew ; as the small rain upon the tender herb ; and as the showtrs upon the grass. You enter upon the duties of an of-. fice which has been filled for forty yenrs... | |
| Samuel Green - Baptists - 1827 - 292 pages
...preacher; and while he declares the glad tidings of salvation, the doctrine drops as the rain, and distils as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as showers upon the grass. Being now numbered with the sheep of Christ, they know his voice, and follow... | |
| 1827 - 1446 pages
...unto our God. S My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the »mall rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : 4 //. u the Rock, his work it perfect : for all his ways are judgment : a God of truth and without... | |
| William Orme - Holy Spirit - 1828 - 292 pages
...the fallow ground, and sow in righteousness''." and will he withhold those influences, which " drop as the rain and distil as the dew; as the small rain...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass?" No—it cannot be. " They shall not labour in vain, nor spend their strength for nought or in vain."... | |
| Joseph Fincher - Bible - 1828 - 374 pages
...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 : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the Rock, his... | |
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