 As for man, his days are as grass: As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof shall know it no more.  Reports - Page 357by National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States, National council of the Congretional churches of the United States - 1915Full view - About this book
 | John Stanford - 1829 - 474 pages
...its composure. And with the greatest certainty we may say, Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him; for he knoweth our frame ; he remembereth that we are dust. Psalm ciii. 13, 14. And in order to compose the agitated mind, the Lord asks the... | |
 | Charles Brooks - 1829 - 280 pages
...are messengers sent for wise and good purposes ; and that like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him ; for he knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are dust. From thy bounteous hand, O God, all our blessings descend, and every day we experience... | |
 | Alexander Gunn - 1829 - 552 pages
...that you do not, by any undue exertion of mind or body, weaken or injure what yet remains of health. The Lord pitieth them that fear him, for he knoweth our frame. He remembereth that We are dust. — Accept of my wishes and prayers, that the Lord may strengthen and continue you... | |
 | Alexander Gunn - 1829 - 556 pages
...you do not, by any undue exertion of mind or body, Weaken or injure what yet remains of health. Tbe Lord pitieth them that fear him, for he knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust. — Accept of my wishes and prayers, that the Lord may strengthen and continue you... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 592 pages
...is gone ; but many remain. Cast down, but not destroyed. "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembcreth that we are dust." For the same holds with regard to continuance — he will not always... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth those who revere him. For he knoweth our frame, He remembereth that...he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; And its place shall know it no more. But the mercy of Jehovah is from everlasting, And... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1830 - 122 pages
...elegant desires—an emblem consecrated by holy writ, which says, As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth; for the wind passeth over it and it is gone, and the place thereof knoweth it no more. Psalm ciii. 15, 16. No eye looked up when I approached... | |
 | William Paley - 1830 - 474 pages
...of our state and condition ; ' Like as a father pitieth his own children,' saith the psalmist, ' so the Lord pitieth them that fear him ; for he knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are -but dust.' St Paul, in the second chapter of the Ephesians, describes the future condition,... | |
 | Lewis Lloyd - 1831 - 450 pages
...of dust, which is carried hence by the gentlest breeze. " ' As for man, his days are as grass : as a flower of the field so he flourisheth. " ' For the...and the place thereof shall know it no more.' " But death does not neglect even the ' flower of the spring ;' yea, he takes pride in ' crowning himself... | |
 | Algernon Sydney Thelwall - 1831 - 152 pages
...west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For he knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust." Ps. ciii. 10—14. " To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though... | |
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