...scripture gives us a precept, which humanity, to say nothing of religion, should induce us to obey ; Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, Lev. xix. 32. What can claim our patient attention so much as a man stooping under the...

...activity, strength, and brntal ferocity. Solomon, by a beautiful figure, calls a virtuous old age " a crown of dignity:" and even so early as the days of...attention to age the subject of a positive command. " Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of an old man." Levit. xix. v. 32. I am much...

...: I [am] the LORD your God ; nothing can happen without me, and none shall be applied to but me. 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, or elder, persons eminent for wisdom, learning, and piety, and fear thy God : I [am] the...

...superior, are : I. To rise up before them, and give place to them with reverence and respect, Lev. x. 33. Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God. 2. Humble submission to them, so as to follow their wise counsels, 1...

...body. (Voy. da;w la Pal. p. 223.) This the Israelites were forbidden to do. No. 11 5. — xix. 32. Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old mnn.] The Jewish writers say that the rule was, to rise up to them when they were at the distance...

...so he hath thought fit to call for a high respect to he given to it, out of a holy awe to himself: Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord; Lev. xix. 32. Hence it is, that he hath pleased to put...

...whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. "Lev. xix. 32. Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God ; I am the Lord. I Kings i'- 19. Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon,...

...hearts of mankind towards the higher powers, Romans xiii. 3, or our superiors, or even aged persons. " Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man." " Render fear to whom fear is due, and honour to whom honour is due." Of the reverse...

...a father, and the younger men as brethren ; the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, (r) Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man. (d) Let not the child behave himself proudly against the ancient, nor the base against...

...was charmed with a delicate and tender admonition which I read in Leviticus a few evenings since : —"Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God." Alas ! how differently our youth in these days flaunt by the aged,...