...goodness in them."? This work, and his " Treatises on Repentance," are very searching1. His doctrine falls as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass.** ROBERT PARKER. — This learned and celebrated puritan became rector of North- Benrtcte in Essex, in...

...beautiful words in Deut. xxxii. 1, 2, 3 — " Give ear, 0 ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, 0 earth, the words of my mouth ! My doctrine shall drop...dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as showers upon the grass ; because I will publish the name of the Lord ; ascribe ye greatness to our...

...Song of Moses. Gi VE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the w6rds of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : 3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock,...

...descended from the clouds. This symbolism of rain is exquisitely depicted in Deut. xxxii. 2 : — " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." This is more than poetry; or rather, it is the highest kind of poetry, because it is descriptive of...

...there. That the truths of doctrine are signified by rain, is plainly seen in Deut. xxxii. 2 : — " My doctrine shall drop as the rain ; my speech shall...the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb." The spiritual man, or the inhabitant of Canaan, acknowledges the Lord as the fountain of truth, but...

...May it be watered by thy Blessing, as with f drops of rain ; may the speech of all thy ministers f distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender ' herb, and as the showers upon the grass, that all c nations, and kindred, and people, and tongues, may f Jearn to fear Thee all the days of...

...Israel. CHAP. XXXII. MOSES SONG. HEAR, O heavens, while I speak; and hearken, O earth, to my words. 2. My doctrine shall drop as the rain; my speech shall distil as the dew; as gentle showers on the tender herb, and as plentiful dews on the grass. 3. For I will proclaim the Eternal's...

...congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended. CHAP. XXXII. (jIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the...

...had so often heard, were now remembered with delight and profit. They were as the dew of Hermon ; " as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." Hence she resolved by the power of the grace of God to walk in wisdom's ways, and to present herself...

...Lebanon.' Heavenly doctrine, or the word of God, is likewise compared to dew : ' My doctrine (says Moses) shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as...small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers on the grass :' that is, my doctrine shall have the same effect upon your hearts, as dew has upon the...