| Robert Southey - 1829 - 488 páginas
...whole course of instruction, that its doctrines and precepts should indeed " drop as the rain, and distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass;" .. the young plants would then imbibe it, and the heart and intellect assimilate it with their growth.... | |
| Alexander Gunn - 1829 - 552 páginas
...which is to make manifest every man's work. His doctrine dropped as the rain ; his speech distilled as the dew ; as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass.* And if it were possible to ascertain the benefit of his ministrations to the hundreds and thousands... | |
| 1831 - 456 páginas
...of New York, afford a beautiful illustration of the prophetic song uttered by Moses, (Deut. xxxii. 2:) "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." In no part of the Committee's Report does this prediction of the Gospel's success appear more fully... | |
| 1839 - 512 páginas
...beginning with, " 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...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... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 páginas
...DEUTERONOMY XXXu. VE 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...the tender herb, And as the showers upon the grass, Because I will publish the name of Jehovah. Ascribe ye majesty unto our God. The Rock, his work is... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 604 páginas
...Israel, did well represent those divine instructions God was then giving to them. Deut. xxxii. 1. " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, or the showers upon the grass," was a lively type of the great and abundant pouring out of the Spirit... | |
| Thomas Wright - 1830 - 450 páginas
...the whole course of instruction, that its doctrines and precepts should indeed ' drop as the rain and distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass/ — the young plants would then imbibe it, and the heart and ntellect assimilate it with their growth."... | |
| Author of the morning and evening sacrifice - 1830 - 472 páginas
...the whole course of instruction, that its doctrines and precepts should indeed ' drop as the rain and distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass/ — the young plants would then imbibe it, and the heart and intellect assimilate it with their growth."... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 566 páginas
...His manna hath compassed your tent; his doctrine hath dropped as the rain, and his words distilled as the dew ; as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. As his beloved you have dwelt in safety by him, and the Lord hath covered you all the day long, when... | |
| 1837 - 336 páginas
...forgot the law of kindness, and, therefore, " their doctrine dropped as the rain, their speech distilled as the dew ; as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." How many hard and obdurate hearts must have softened and dissolved at the recollection, that Jesus... | |
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