 | sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 pages
...ear, O ye " heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, О " earth, the words of my mouth : my doc" trine shall drop as the rain, my speech " shall distil as...upon the tender herb, and as the showers " upon the grass.1' So Prov. xix. 12. " The king's favour is like dew upon the " grass ;" and Hos. xiv. 5. " I... | |
 | John Jebb - Sermons, English - 1824 - 418 pages
...to speak unto the children of Israel ; in accents of peace, of mildness, of engaging condescension ; My doctrine shall drop as the rain : My speech shall...as the dew. As the small rain upon the tender herb : As the showers upon the grass. " Woe is me," exclaimed Isaiah, " because I am a man of unclean lips... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...singular beauty and force, the effect which the lessons of heavenly wisdom produce in the human mind : " My doctrine shall -drop as the rain, my speech shall...tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass."" Even the dews, which are most copious in those ' 1 Kings xviii, 33. • See Harmer's Observ. vol. ii,... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...and conduct of a genuine Christian. This idea is beautifully expressed by Moses in his dying song ; " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass.p The mutual regard which ought to animate the people of God is compared to the dew which moistens... | |
 | Samuel Walker - 1825 - 286 pages
...conviction of your own helplessness ; my doctrine shall drop upon you as the rain on a parched ground, " my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass, when I publish the name of the Lord" the rock of salvation, whose work is perfect. Upon a supposed... | |
 | Samuel Walker - Sermons, English - 1825 - 270 pages
...conviction of your own helplessness ; my doctrine shall drop upon you as the rain on a parched ground, " my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass, when I publish the name of the Lord" the rock of salvation, whose work is perfect. Upon a supposed... | |
 | Christian life - 1826 - 416 pages
...bountifully and abundantly the rain covereth them. Rain, is a figure of the doctrine of the gospel: " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...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... | |
 | George Townsend - Bible - 1826 - 902 pages
...VER. 1 44. 1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock,... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1826 - 590 pages
...burden of the preaching of Moses and the prophets, of Jesus Christ -.¡nd the apostle?. Moses says, "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the shower* upon the grass ; because I will publish the name of the Lord." The Lord Jesus said to his Father,... | |
 | William Jones, William Stevens - Theology - 1826 - 446 pages
...purposes of grace, is likened to the same natural agent—My doctrine (says Moses in his last song) shall drop as the rain; my speech shall distil as...as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the slwwers upon the grass. Hence the soul, when refreshed and supplied with the divine Spirit, is compared... | |
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Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will 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. 
