 | Idol child - 1849 - 112 pages
...of " The Idol Child" which speak to ihee, and their words are words of wisdom. Hearken!—"All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...surely the people is grass." " The grass withereth and the flower falleth away, but the word of the Lord endurethybr ever /"— "Whatsoever thy hand findeth... | |
 | King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.) - 1850 - 450 pages
...deserts, till the day of his showing unto Israel. FOR THE EPISTLE. Isaiah, xl. 1. /COMFORT ye, com^ fort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably...the field ; the grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because-the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it ; surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the... | |
 | 1850 - 880 pages
...and reminding me that that place is vacant now, the voice saith, "Let this be the substance of your cry, ' All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand for ever." The course is thus marked out for me. I am to take God's... | |
 | 1856 - 624 pages
...often remind you that here you have no continuing city, and urge you to seek one that is to come. " The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry?...the flower fadeth : because the Spirit of the Lord blowcth upon it : surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word... | |
 | 1850 - 704 pages
...They are passed away as the swift ships." " We spend our years as a tale that is told." " All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...Lord bloweth upon it ; surely the people is grass." " What is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."... | |
 | 1850 - 806 pages
...Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The herald, giving notice of his appearance, cries, " all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...Lord bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass : but the word of our God shall stand for ever." He gives notice of the appearance of the kingdom of... | |
 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1866 - 400 pages
...amidst the ruins of tiaie and history. It knows no decay. How true that word of the ancient prophet, " The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry...the field : the grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand for ever." The great and mighty perish from among us; the wise... | |
 | Michael H. Black - 1986 - 308 pages
...crisis, much preferred alternatives. 11. Isa 40.6; Job 14.2. The first text in its complete form reads: The Voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry?...LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 12. Cf Letters I 202 '. . . we have to struggle like water-beetles stranded and toiling in mud'. 13.... | |
 | René Girard, Jean-Michel Oughourlian, Guy Lefort - 1987 - 484 pages
...Bible: The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall...the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: . . . but the word of our God shall stand for ever (Isaiah 40, 3-8). INTERDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY TROILUS:... | |
 | George Whalley, Royal Society of Canada - 1987 - 230 pages
...but this is designed to evoke (if we know our Bibles) the Old Testament prophecy of Isaiah (40:6): "What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the...fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it." The symbolism of the Bible has supplied the whole Christian world, in all languages, with an international... | |
| |
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.... 
