 | Homer - 1846 - 550 pages
...which he spendeth as a shadow? " So the prophet Isaiah, mournfully and solemnly cries, " all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth ; but the word of our God shall stand forever." See also the affecting representation of the brevity of man's... | |
 | Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1846 - 536 pages
...which he spendeth as a shadow? " So the prophet Isaiah, mournfully and solemnly cries, " all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth ; but the word of our God shall stand forever." See also the affecting representation of the brevity of man's... | |
 | Robert Govett - Bible - 1846 - 92 pages
...the prophets give intimation, " The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it....is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field :" Isa. xl, 5, 6. " The mighty God, even the Lord hath spoken and called the earth... | |
 | Epitaphs - 1847 - 116 pages
...THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL BE REVEALED, AND ALL FLESH SHALL SEE IT TOGETHER. ISAIAH 40-5. ALL FLESH IS GRASS, AND ALL THE GOODLINESS THEREOF IS AS THE...LORD BLOWETH UPON IT: SURELY THE PEOPLE IS GRASS. ISAIAH 40-6. 7. THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS... | |
 | 1847 - 164 pages
...But this very comparison of man's mortal life to a flower, is very common in scripture: " All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass," Isa. xl. v. 6, 7 ; also Psa. xc. v. j 5, 6; ciii. 15, 16 ; James i. vs. 10, 11 ; 1 Pet. iv 24. And... | |
 | Methodist New Connexion (England) - 1848 - 490 pages
...Connexion, will often, for years to come, be the subject of approving remark in our social converse. " The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the tcord <if our God shall stand for ever. Ebenezer. Hitherto the Lord has helped us. Let us abundantly... | |
 | Sermons, English - 1848 - 424 pages
...SUBSTANTIAL. BY REV. JAMES BROMLEY. " The voite said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry V All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever." — ISAIAH xl. 6 — 8. THE chapter out of which my text... | |
 | Jabez Delano Hammond - Canals - 1848 - 796 pages
...this is an occasion for serious and solemn meditation. The voice of God bids me cry that ' all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth ; but the word of our God shall stand forever.' " How affectingly are these divine declarations verified... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1848 - 412 pages
...traveller." — ROBINSON'S Researches, vol. ip 96; ii. p. 494. GRASS. ISAIAH xl. 6, 7. " All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass." " The very affecting images of Scripture, which compare the short-lived existence of man to the decay of... | |
 | Samuel Kirkland Lothrop - Funeral sermons - 1848 - 44 pages
...public proclamation, as it were, under the hand of God, of that declaration of the prophet, " all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...Lord bloweth upon it. Surely the people is grass." Such proclamation has repeatedly been made to us of late. The year which is now approaching its close... | |
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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.... 
