 | Ebenezer Erskine, Donald Fraser - Sermons, English - 1836 - 636 pages
...those that regard the glory of God do groan under them also, and cry with the prophet, Jcr. ix. 1, 2: "Oh, that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people. Oh, that 1 had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men,... | |
 | Daniel Atkinson Clark - 1836 - 342 pages
...redound to God ? Who can view the subject in this light and not feel pained that souls must perish ? " Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people." Oh, the cursed tragedy of the fall, which placed noble spirits... | |
 | George Thompson - Slavery - 1837 - 148 pages
...Surely, we can enter somewhat into the experience of the lamenting prophet, when he exclaimed, — ' Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...of tears, that I might weep day and night for the sins' of this people. How unutterably affecting is a view of the present aspect of the country ! The... | |
 | George Knight - 1837 - 64 pages
...pondering on these things, I have been reminded of, and could adopt, the lamentation of Jeremiah, " Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people : Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 564 pages
...do, but pour out floods of tears, towards the quenching of it ; and say, with the lamenting Prophet, Oh, that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...of tears, that I might weep, day and night, for the slain of the daughter of my People ! Jer ix. 1. But, as Chrysostom said long ago in the like case to... | |
 | Joseph Samuel Christian Frederick Frey - 1837 - 422 pages
...solemnity, my heart is grieved within me, and I am compelled to exclaim with the prophet, Jer. 9 : 1-3. " Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people ; for they bend their tongues like their bows for lies ; but they... | |
 | George Thompson - Slavery - 1837 - 150 pages
...Surely, we can enter somewhat into the experience of the lamenting prophet, when he exclaimed,—' Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...of tears, that I might weep day and night for the sins' of this people. nigh. The times are pregnant with great events. America must witness another... | |
 | Church of England preacher - 1837 - 632 pages
...? is there no physician there ? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? Oh, that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people ! Oh, that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 328 pages
...there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? IT 9: 1. Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men;... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth - Ireland - 1838 - 452 pages
...Jeremiah ; I could say with the former, " I am distressed for thee, my brother," and with the latter, " Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughters of my people !" Nothing could be more lovely than the gradually narrowing banks... | |
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OH that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people... 
