| 1872 - 516 страници
...church ; and after that let us watch over them with a love like that of a mother, " That our sons may he as plants grown up in their youth ; that our daughters...stones polished after the similitude of a palace." Burton-on-Trent. STOEIES FOR THE YOUNG. No. I.— J , Maggie, remember that there is no need to call... | |
| 1868 - 414 страници
...young. Mr. Chown preached an able sermon in his own affectionate fervid manner from Psalm cxliv. 12, "That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth ; that our daughters may be as corner-stones, polished after the similitude of a palace." After a few words of a personal character... | |
| Artemas Bowers Muzzey - 1841 - 254 страници
...advancement of this high object. One of the sacred writers implores for his countrymen this blessing : " that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace." They must be " corner stones," lying at the very foundation of the social edifice, and therefore an... | |
| Patrick Welwood, John Anderson - 1841 - 334 страници
...herself. They are what the poet-king of Israel desired the youth of his kingdom to be, when he said, " that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth, and that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the manner of a palace." I foresaw that... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 страници
...strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood : 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth...stones, polished after the similitude of a palace : 13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store : that our sheep may bring forth thousands... | |
| 1905 - 36 страници
...space I'll put into short propositions : (1) Every young person is an unchiseled gem or a plant. " That our sons may be as plants, grown up in their...stones, polished after the similitude of a palace." (2) Comparisons may be unfair. What is the difference in value between a fine pearl and an acorn? It... | |
| Church missionary society - 690 страници
...placed in such unhappy circumstances. David, in the 144th Psalm, uses the following expression — "that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth." Such will be the case with those who, in Christian families, are brought up in '.the nurture and admonition... | |
| Zondervan - 1984 - 940 страници
...strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: 12 blishing 13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands... | |
| Margaret Ripley Wolfe - 1995 - 314 страници
...In another time and place the biblical King David had offered up "a new song" of praise for his Lord "that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace" (Psalm 144). In a manner not unlike that of the ancient Hebrew psalmist, the contemporary southern... | |
| Amanda Porterfield - 1997 - 192 страници
...and a group of women standing beside them. Below this scene was printed the passage from Proverbs: "that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace." 48 Lyon's image of the graduates of Mount Holyoke as cornerstones of world redemption drew directly... | |
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