| John Murray - 1813 - 438 страници
...." 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 distil as...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... | |
| Benjamin Brook - 1813 - 532 страници
...goodness in them."? This work, and his " Treatises on Repentance," are very searching1. His doctrine falls as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass.** ROBERT PARKER. — This learned and celebrated puritan became rector of North- Benrtcte in Essex, in... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1849 - 494 страници
...illustrations, what can be more beautiful than the following from the Scriptures, — ' My doctrine shall drop as the rain ; my speech shall distil as...herb, and as the showers upon the grass.'" 'As the cloud is consumed, and vanisheth away, so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.'*... | |
| Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 страници
...Gi VE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the w6rds of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : 3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock,... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1844 - 496 страници
...evident from each of the passages in which they occur. Take one instance (Deut. xxxii. 2.): " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." Here Divine Truths are compared to Rain and to Dew : these are not mere comparisons — mere figures... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1848 - 494 страници
..." 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 distil as...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 страници
...the truths of doctrine are signified by rain, is plainly seen in Deut. xxxii. 2 : — " My doctrine shall drop as the rain ; my speech shall distil as 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 страници
...(jIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock,... | |
| Samuel Clapham - 1815 - 708 страници
...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... | |
| 1815 - 872 страници
...XXXII. MOSES SONG. HEAR, O heavens, while I speak; and hearken, O earth, to my words. 2. My doctrine shall drop as the rain; my speech shall distil as the dew; as gentle showers on the tender herb, and as plentiful dews on the grass. 3. For I will proclaim the Eternal's... | |
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