 | 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... | |
 | John Gregory Pike - 1831 - 396 pages
...the dust, man fades like a flower, perishing before a scorching blast. " His days are as grass ; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : for the wind...know it no more. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him." Charming contrast ! The frailty and vanity of... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 pages
...yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night But 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. We appear before Thee, to close in thy presence... | |
 | Edward Maltby (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 422 pages
...they are but too apt a resemblance of our perishable frame. " 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." We may further observe that these delightful... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure. 2 Sam. xxiii. 5. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children's children. Ft. ciii. 17. And for this cause, he is the Mediator of the new... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1832 - 222 pages
...treasure is, there will your heart be also. Psalm ciii. 15, 16. 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. Ezek. xxiv. 16. Dan. xii. 3. And they that... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1832 - 222 pages
...treasure is, there will your heart be also. Psalm ciii. 15, 16. 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. E/ek. xxiv. 16. Dan. xii. 3. And they that... | |
 | 1833 - 82 pages
...his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow lo anger, and plenteous in mercy. He will not always...everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and bis righteousness unto children's children ; To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1833 - 472 pages
...yesterday when it Ts past, and as a watch in the night. But 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. We appear before thee, to close in thy presence,... | |
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For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. 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. 
