 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: 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.  The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine - Page 10711845Full view - About this book
 | Richard Baxter - 1817 - 510 pages
...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... | |
 | 1817 - 1082 pages
...upon it. 48 God sendeth him up to HUM ni Nfbo, to see the land, and die. GIVE ° ear, O ye heavens, f laid them out before the LORD. 24 H And Joshua, and all Is 2 ""My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, c as the small rain upon... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pages
...CHAP. XXXII. IVE ear, О ye heavens, and I will speak ; and near, О earth, the words of my mouth. 2 terrify me : 35 T/u- n would I speak, and not fear him ; but it is not so with me. CHAP. X. Y 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He it the Rock,... | |
 | John Edwards Caldwell - 1818 - 780 pages
...Holy Spirit was poured down in copious showers — "dropping as the rain, distilling as the dew, or the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." It arrested and affected every rank and class of hearers, and afforded a strong hope that it was the.... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1818 - 376 pages
...clouds bound up, and the dew restrained ; here a " doctrine dropping as the rain, and speech distilling as the dew ; as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as showers upon the grass." The prophet represents, in beautiful language, the blessedness of an open... | |
 | 1831 - 854 pages
...poetry ? 1 . " Give 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...the tender herb, And as the showers upon the grass." 3dly, The titles "V!£> "IIDTD, &c. are frequently prefixed to portions of Scripture, which are distinguished... | |
 | 1819 - 948 pages
...ended. CHAP. XXXII. IVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and near, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 ; one shall he called, The city of destruction. 19...to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and (rrass: 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1819 - 648 pages
...or to borrow a beautiful illustration from the inspired volume, " they should 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 works whose titles stand at the head of this article, are of various merit, and possess different... | |
 | Virgil - 1820 - 456 pages
...Trapp here produces a like metaphor from the holy Scriptures; " My doctrine shall drop as the " rainj my speech shall distil as " the dew, as the small...tender herb, and as the " showers upon the grass." Deut. xxxii. 2. P. VIRGILII MARONIS BUCOLIC OR UM ÉCLOGA QUARTA. POLLIO. »SlCELIDES Musse paullo... | |
 | John Willison - 1820 - 324 pages
...humility, and upward in heavenly mindedness ! Let the doctrine of God's word this day drop on my soul, as " the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass," that I may wax taller in grace, and stronger in faith and love. This day I should be " going from strength... | |
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