 | 1815 - 436 pages
...ministrations will want that -unction which alone can make their " doctrine drop as the rain ; and their speech distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." Let them watch and pray against an undue regard to human opinion ; against a solicitude about temporal... | |
 | 1842
...but my sleep had been sweet unto me, and the speech of that unknown visitant had dropped upon my soul as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass ! ACCOUNT OF AN EXPERIMENT OF A BIBLE CLASS.* I AM induced by the advice of a friend, to send you an... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...Deuteronomy, 32, 33. Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of mymouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain> my speech shall...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... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...altered to the calm shower oj spring, from a text repeatedly imitated in the sequel. " My doctrine shalF drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew,...upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the gras.\.'' DEUT. xxxii, 2. 76 Retire,for it is night, my lore.] " With apostrophes, our poet abounds.... | |
 | Job Orton - 1805 - 430 pages
...perverseness of Israel if they forsook God. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass ; or rather, let it do so ; let it become profitable 3 to mollify and make you fruitful : Because I... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1806 - 460 pages
...lulled to rest, the next word he utters ; he has only love in his heart, and honey upon his tongue. " My doctrine shall drop as the rain : my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass," Deut. xxxii. '2. The final object of Moses hting to warn, to admonish, and to reprove the perverse... | |
 | William Hales - 1808 - 392 pages
...refreshing shall come from the " Lord," Acts iii. 19, when " His doctrine shall drop as the rain> " His speech shall distil as the dew ; " As the small rain...tender herb, " And as the showers upon the grass." — Detit. Verse Verse 4. " THE LORD sware, and He will not repent ; " Thou, art Priest for ever, according... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...hearts ufion it. GVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words at mv mouth. : 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD : ascribe ve greatness unto our God. 4 He is the ftock,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 524 pages
...it is probable it was not by long jouinies, but as the women and children could bear. DEUT. xxxii. 2...." My doctrine shall drop as the rain ; my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small r in upon the tender herb, and as (he showers upon the grass." God here speaks to the people quite... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 516 pages
...for which he submitted to it Moses, speaking of the truths which he was inspired to proclaim, says, " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass; because I will publish the name of the Lord."' By a similar figure " the sprinkling of the nations"... | |
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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. 
