 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.  Reports - Page 354by 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
 | William Carus Wilson - 1844 - 638 pages
...so he flourisheth." (Psalm ciii. IS.) 13. An Hand-breadth. " Behold, tliou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee...every man at his best state is altogether vanity." (Psalm xxxix. 5.) 14. Vanity. " I loathe it ; I would not live alway : let me alone ; for my days are... | |
 | Birmingham sacellum Erdingtoniense - 1821 - 644 pages
...was hot within me ; while I was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue, 4 Lord, make me know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily... | |
 | 1863 - 1198 pages
...distinctly rise again to memory. But vain is the pride of beauty. The rose fades, and the lily is soiled. " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of...every man at his best state is altogether vanity." — But how cheering to glance at the memorial of another beloved one, " who departed this life, calmly... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 734 pages
...preserve me from trouble : thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Lord, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is : that...hast made my days as a handbreadth, and mine age is nothing before thee : verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. And now, O Lord, what... | |
 | 1822 - 792 pages
...value. This sense of the words agrees exactly with the translation of them as we find it in the Bible. " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of...days ; what it is, that I may know how frail I am. The sum and substance, indeed, of his request, is contained in the last verse of the Psalm ; an entreaty... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 548 pages
...For I am ashamed of the sins I have desired, and am confounded for the pleasures that I have chosen. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of...days, what it is : that I may know how frail I am, and that I may apply my heart unto wisdom. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord : let... | |
 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 pages
...surely every man is vanity. (39 P. 11.) ,12. Does he pray to be made sensible of his own frailty ? Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know bow frail I am. 'Beheld, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before... | |
 | William Jay - 1822 - 298 pages
...weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. Thou hast made our days as an hand's breadth, nnd our age is as nothing before Thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. For our days, are not onlyfew, but full of evil. Anxieties perplex us ; dangers alarm us; infirmities... | |
 | 1822 - 796 pages
...sense of the words agrees exactly with the translation of them as we find it in the Bible. " 1мга, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days ; what it is, tf>at I may know how frail I am. The sum and substance, indeed, of his request, is contained in the... | |
 | 1823 - 154 pages
...: surely every man is vanity. (39 P. 11.) 12. Does he pray to be made sensible of his own frailty? Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of...how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily, every man at his best state is altogether... | |
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