...ministrations will want that -unction which alone can make their " doctrine drop as the rain ; and their speech distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." Let them watch and pray against an undue regard to human opinion ; against a solicitude about temporal...

...altered to the calm shower oj spring, from a text repeatedly imitated in the sequel. " My doctrine shalF drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew,...upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the gras.\.'' DEUT. xxxii, 2. 76 Retire,for it is night, my lore.] " With apostrophes, our poet abounds....

...lulled to rest, the next word he utters ; he has only love in his heart, and honey upon his tongue. " My doctrine shall drop as the rain : my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass," Deut. xxxii. '2. The final object of Moses hting to warn, to admonish, and to reprove the perverse...

...refreshing shall come from the " Lord," Acts iii. 19, when " His doctrine shall drop as the rain> " His speech shall distil as the dew ; " As the small rain...tender herb, " And as the showers upon the grass." — Detit. Verse Verse 4. " THE LORD sware, and He will not repent ; " Thou, art Priest for ever, according...

...hearts ufion it. GVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words at mv mouth. 2 809 : 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD : ascribe ve greatness unto our God. 4 He is the ftock,...

...for which he submitted to it Moses, speaking of the truths which he was inspired to proclaim, says, " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...grass; because I will publish the name of the Lord."' By a similar figure " the sprinkling of the nations" may be understood as relating to the publication...

...for which he submitted to it Moses, speaking of the truths which he was inspired to proclaim, says, " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...grass; because I will publish the name of the Lord."' By a similar figure " the sprinkling of the nations" may be understood as relating to the publication...

...likened to the same natural agent — My doctrine (says Moses in his last song) shall drop as trie rain ; my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. Hence the soul, when refreshed and supplied with the divine spirit, is compared by the prophet Jeremiah...

...therefore intended in the comparison; and this agrees with many other Scripture passages, Deut. xxxii, 2, "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." And when God denies his word to any people, he says, "Upon them there shall be no rain," Ezek. xxi,...

...therefore intended in the comparison; and this agrees with many other Scripture passages, Deut. xxxii, 2, "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showel's upon the grass." And when God denies his word to any people, he says, "Upon them there shall...