 | 1846 - 498 pages
...God." It is to the diffusion of the knowledge of his word that God has pledged his especial blessing: " For, as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven,...bread to the eater, so shall my word be, that goeth forth out of my mouth : it shall not return unto me void ; but it shall accomplish that which I please,... | |
 | International society for the evangelization of the Jews - 1846 - 738 pages
...been given, had it not been his purpose that obedience to it should be accompanied by a rich reward. " For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,...bread to the eater : so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth : it shall not return unto me void." Let hut the command of Christ be obeyed... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné, Robert Baird - Christianity - 1846 - 316 pages
...asking the Holy Spirit to cause His word to bear in the heart, those fruits which he has promised. " For, as the rain cometh down and the mow from heaven,...bread to the eater ; so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth; it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,... | |
 | Sarah Windsor Tomlinson - Astronomy - 1847 - 216 pages
...shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth," (Ps. Ixxii. 6.) " For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,...bread to the eater; so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth : it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,... | |
 | Otis Ainsworth Skinner - Sermons, American - 1847 - 192 pages
...enlighten the mind and sanctify the heart, and it is a means fully adequate to this work. Thus we read, "For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,...bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth : it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,... | |
 | Richard Brudenell Exton - Bible - 1847 - 516 pages
...upon thine offspring : and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water-courses. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,...bread to the eater : so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth : it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,... | |
 | George Truesdale Flanders - 1847 - 312 pages
...his own application of this simile, and further comment is unnecessary. SECTION X. Isa. Iv. 10, 11, For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,...bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth ; it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,... | |
 | Alexander M'Leod - Christian life - 1847 - 300 pages
...too, we have assurance from the testimony of God that the appointed means shall be made effectual. " For as the rain cometh down and the snow from heaven,...bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goeth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void." The importance of religious knowledge, to the growing... | |
 | 1847 - 558 pages
...Ghost. Read with me one Scripture on the point. In Isaiah h. 9, you will find it thus written — " For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,...bread to the eater ; so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth : it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Presbyterian Church - 1848 - 690 pages
...of God's ordinances, but salvation. And the scriptures adduced to prove it, viz. Isa. Iv. 10, 11. ' For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven,...bread to the eater : so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth : it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which 1 please,... | |
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For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:... 
