 | 1826 - 538 pages
...security for life, the brittle thread on which it is suspended maybe snapped in a moment. " The voice said cry. All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof...the field, the grass withereth, the flower fadeth, surely the people is grass." Earthly enjoyments alone are inadequate to secure true bliss, because... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1826 - 466 pages
...following beautiful verses are a paraphrase on these words in the fortieth chapter of Isaiah : Ml flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, and the flower fadeth, but the word of our God shall stand forever. They were occasioned by the death... | |
 | Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...applicable to the whole human race. " The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry 1 Att flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field." The mortality of man then is a subject with which we ought to be deeply affected. It is, indeed, that which... | |
 | 1858 - 726 pages
...with a span ? Who hath directed the Spirit Jehovah, or being His counsellor, hath taught Him ? Surely the grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it." Sweet therefore, the thought, "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms... | |
 | Rufus William Bailey - 1826 - 32 pages
...which cries — " all flesh is as grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the fleld : the grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it." The lifeless body of one which we are about to commit to the grave, was, a few days ago, an old man,... | |
 | N W. Oliver - English fiction - 1826 - 338 pages
...together, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. All flesh is grass, and the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of our God shall stand for ever." Nicanor was much affected, and could scarcely speak... | |
 | 1859 - 632 pages
...a spiritual state. " What shall I cry ?" said the prophet of old ; and the voice of the Lord said, Cry, " All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower ol the field." And again it is written, " Ye are born in sin and shapen in iniquity ;" not able... | |
 | William Wirt - Funeral sermons - 1826 - 690 pages
...tabernacles of clay, and our foundation is in the dust. " All flesh is grass and all the goodliness of man is as the flower of the field : the grass withereth, the flower fadcth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it." Our present joys and afflictions, together... | |
 | John BRUCE (Minister of Low Hill Cemetery, Liverpool.) - Death - 1827 - 240 pages
...and our iniquities like the wind do carry us away." " The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof...Lord bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass."* * I cannot refrain from transcribing the following beautiful passage, from the inimitable writings... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1827 - 384 pages
...Christ, and without Christ, is not worth enjoying. This the soul feels the truth of, that "all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...Lord bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass." God's presence, pardon, grace and mercy are now prized beyond ten thousands of gold and silver. God's... | |
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The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.... 
