 All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadethr because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 791836Full view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - Sermons, French - 1827 - 522 pages
...dead ;' they preach with a voice more eloquent than ours. They cry, ' Vanity of vanities. All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The world passeth away, and the lusts thereof. Surely man walketh in a vain shadow,' Eccles. i. 2 ; Isa.... | |
 | William Lothian - Bible - 1828 - 580 pages
...glittering pageant got up for a particular occasion, and gradually receding from the sight. " All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field; the grass withereth, and the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it," (Isa. xl. 7-) Thus "the world... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...this day. — Isa. xxxviii. 1, 2. 10, 11. 18,19. All flesh is grass, and all the goodline^ thereof is as the flower of the field : the grass withereth, the flower fadcth, because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it. Isa. xl. 6 — 8. James i. 10, 11. 1 Pet. i.... | |
 | Thomas Townson - 1830 - 462 pages
...and concludes the passage thus : " The voice said, Cry ; and he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof, is as the...the field : the grass withereth, the flower fadeth ; but the Word of our God shall stand for ever." To this place of Isaiah, Saint Peter refers, in the... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Salvation - 1830 - 410 pages
...like the grass, and like a flower, Isa. xl. 6, "All flesh (even the strongest and most healthy flesh) is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field." The grass is flourishing in the morning; but, in the evening is lying a corpse, being cut down by the mowers,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Theological anthropology - 1830 - 588 pages
...gone. Man is like grass, and like a flower : " All flesh (even the strongest and most healthy flesh) is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field." The grass is flourishing in the morning, but, in the evening, being cut down by the mowers, it is withered: so... | |
 | Henry Cogswell Knight - Sermons, American - 1831 - 280 pages
...Return, ye children of men. Walk into the church-yard, and you see there graves of all lengths. All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...the field The grass withereth, the flower fadeth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more. Be thankful... | |
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