...ancient prophecy. Egypt, Tyre, Babylon, Nineveh, all bear their testimony, that while all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field ; that while the grass withereth, and the flower fadeth, the word of the Lord endureth for ever. Every...

...are come to nought. Monarchs, like meaner men, can only live their little hour, for " all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field." Hark, hark, a cry is gone abroad From every peopled plain ; It sweeps along the sounding shore, It...

...we forget in a garden the frailty and mortality of man ! how can we forget the grave? " All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the...

...ye the way of the Lord." Ver. 6, " The voice said cry : and he said, what shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof, as the flower of the field." Jer. ii. 2, " Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, thus saith the Lord," &c. Jonah i. 2, "...

...AGNES; OR, THE VILLAGE FUNERAL. " The voice said, Cry ; and he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field. " The grass withereth, the flower fadeth." — Isaiah xl. 6, 7. MY weeping Muse would wake the plaintive...

...future dark with threatenings, there is such a sure Anchor, to which we can trust. 'For all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand for ever.'* * Isaiah xl....

...hymn was written on the death of a young lady, and is founded on Isaiah xl. 6, 8. : — "All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field. . . . The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God endureth forever." Mr. Creamer...

...He turneth wise men backward and maketh their knowledge foolish. — Isai. xliv. 25. 6. All flesh is grass, and all The goodliness thereof as the flower of the field. — Isai. xl. 6. 7. There is none righteous, no, not one. — Horn. iii. 10. 8. The heart is deceitful...

...hymn was written on the death of a young lady, and is founded on Isaiah xl. 6, 8. : — "All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field. . . . The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God endureth forever." Mr. Creamer...

...mourn as those who have no hope ; that light has beamed upon us from thy countenance, and that though all flesh is as grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of t\e field, thy Word, with its cheering hopes and blessed promises, remains forever and ever. O may...