 | Henry Duncan - 1836 - 472 pages
...the soul. In the commencement of his sublime song, Moses employs these exquisite expressions : — " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." § Similar passages might be quoted from the sacred writers, wherein, by a felicity of comparison that... | |
 | rev. w. thistlethwaite - 1837 - 964 pages
...treasures, beauties, and wonders which it contains. Moses enters on it by this beautiful introduction, " Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear,...words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, and my speech distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...career. Who can doubt it, when he reads the words of his sublime song, "Give ear, 0 ye Heavens, and Iwill speak: and hear, O Earth, the words of my mouth ;...drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew," &c. The Psalmist David was full of enthusiasm from the time, when a boy, he killed the lion in the... | |
 | 1838 - 950 pages
...declarations, made in subdued simplicity of manner. She teaches in the spirit of the man of God, who said, " My doctrine shall drop as the rain; my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." Never withholding the truth, nor from mistaken charity hesitating to declare, in solemn and uncompromising... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...ended. QO Give ear, О ye heavens, and I will speak ; **• And hear, О earth, the words of my mouth. 2 r, To lay the land desolate : And he s : 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD : Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He iff the Rock,... | |
 | London female mission - 1838 - 444 pages
...Lastly, we will consider rain as the emblem of God's word, for so scripture instructs us to regard it ; " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...rain upon the tender herb and as the showers upon the earth." And how often has the lowly Christian been comforted and the drooping spirit refreshed by his... | |
 | 1839 - 510 pages
...directed to " write this song," Deut. xxxi, 19, referring to that highlywrought ode, beginning with, " Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear,...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass," Ibid. chap, xxxii ; an ode this, imbued with the spirit of poetry itself. These passages sufficiently... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - 1839 - 570 pages
...version of this prophetic song, broken into hemistichs:— Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will ipeak ; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine...the tender herb, And as the showers upon the grass : Ilecause I will publish the name of the Lord : Ascribe ye greatness unto oar God. He is the Rock,... | |
 | George Bush - 1839 - 738 pages
...the god. In storms, they say to the water, " O mother! be calm." — ROBERTS). CHAPTER XXXII. Ver. 2. Z ׀ 0 "H 1839 !Brattleboro ̓Typographic Company" Bush George" George Bush( Oriental writers often speak of beautiful language as dropping upon the hearers. The Hebrew has for... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1839 - 418 pages
...the soul. In the commencement of his sublime song, Moses employs these exquisite expressions : — " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. "§ Similar passages might be quoted from the sacred writers, wherein, by a felicity of comparison... | |
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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. 
