| New Church gen. confer - 1864 - 598 páginas
...earth," and not descended from the clouds. This symbolism of rain is exquisitely depicted in Deut. xxxii. 2 : — " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." This is more than poetry; or rather, it is the highest kind of poetry, because it is descriptive of... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1857 - 1220 páginas
...which, softened and inspired by love, descends ever from the heaven within ? For thus it is written, " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." Now, every human soul contains a heaven, either realized and living, or latent and dead. No man walks... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1848 - 494 páginas
...1, 2, 3 — " Give ear, 0 ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, 0 earth, the words of my mouth ! My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as showers upon the grass ; because I will publish the name of the Lord ; ascribe ye greatness to our... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1847 - 510 páginas
...reflected there. That the truths of doctrine are signified by rain, is plainly seen in Deut. xxxii. 2 : — " My doctrine shall drop as the rain ; my...the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb." The spiritual man, or the inhabitant of Canaan, acknowledges the Lord as the fountain of truth, but... | |
| 1815 - 706 páginas
...the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended. CHAP. XXXII. (jIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth,...name of the LORD : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity,... | |
| Samuel Clapham - 1815 - 708 páginas
...May it be watered by thy Blessing, as with f drops of rain ; may the speech of all thy ministers f distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender ' herb, and as the showers upon the grass, that all c nations, and kindred, and people, and tongues, may f Jearn to fear Thee all the days of... | |
| 1817 - 1082 páginas
...their hearts upon it. 48 God sendeth him up to HUM ni Nfbo, to see the land, and die. GIVE ° ear, O Isracl, and f laid them out before the LORD. 24 H...the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment c as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish... | |
| Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 páginas
...Lebanon.' Heavenly doctrine, or the word of God, is likewise compared to dew : ' My doctrine (says Moses) shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as...small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers on the grass :' that is, my doctrine shall have the same effect upon your hearts, as dew has upon the... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1817 - 510 páginas
...heart, and transform the hearers into other men ! How doth his doctrine drop as the rain, and his speech distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass, 1086 78 THE SAINTS' EVERLASTING REST. w'.iile his lips publish the name of the Lord, and ascrihe greatness... | |
| 1818 - 948 páginas
...this song until they were ended. CHAP. XXXII. IVE ear, О ye heavens, and I will speak ; and near, О ay from me, and let not his fear terrify me : 35 T/u-...not fear him ; but it is not so with me. CHAP. X. Y 4 He it the Rock, bis work м perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity,... | |
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