...version of this prophetic song, broken into hemistichs:— Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will ipeak ; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine...the tender herb, And as the showers upon the grass : Ilecause I will publish the name of the Lord : Ascribe ye greatness unto oar God. He is the Rock,...

...shall not be your ruin." " God now commandeth all men every where to repent." 14 XXXV. DIVINE TRUT H. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb and as the showers upon the grass. DEUTERONOMY, xxxii. 2. MOSES, in the near prospect of his own death, showed his affection and friendship...

...the soul. In the commencement of his sublime song, Moses employs these exquisite expressions : — " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. "§ Similar passages might be quoted from the sacred writers, wherein, by a felicity of comparison...

...communication to the world, often pause to dwell on its excellences and its uses. " My doctrine," says one, " shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." As the rain and the dew are to vegetation, giving life and beauty, so is the Bible to the intellectual...

...universally been employed as a symbol of the cleansing, refreshing, and invigorating qualities of Spirit. " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." 2 fl ISAIAH attributes to the dew exactly the same awakening properties as are met with in fairy-tale...

...ended. CHAPTER 32 GIVE EAR, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 t day the Lord will take away the bravery of their...their cauls, and their round tires like the moon. 19 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock,...

...invigorated by the beams of the sun of righteousness, and greatly refreshed by those doctrines which distil as the dew, as the small rain, upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. My next preaching stage is Gfuilford], where, although I always preached as I pass and repass, there...

...accepting it as a holy critic, submit to its mysterious, soul-searching power! The Bible Is As Tender Grass "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." Deuteronomy 32:2 "His word was in my tongue . . . as the tender grass springing out of the earth by...

...prayer book, she is seizing doctrines similarly characterized by Scripture, notably Deuteronomy 32:3, "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, as the showers upon the grass." The young woman at prayer within the context of an Anglican liturgical...

...not seen : to see God would be to die.87 Instead the relation is audition, and epiphanies of song: Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear,...the tender herb, And as the showers upon the grass. The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered over with corn; They shout for joy,...