...of hope ; but convalescence occasionally throws light upon that passage of Scripture which says, " Your goodness is as a morning cloud, and, as the early dew, it goeth away." We see them in subsequent stages, blending their sympathies rather with the readers of " the folio...

...left off to be wise, ami to do good, Ps. xxxvi. 3. O Ephraim, what shall Г do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as...morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away, Hos. vi. 4. Ana have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time : afterward, when affliction...

..." O Ephraim !" saith the Lord, by the mouth of one inspired, " what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as...morning cloud ; and as the early dew, it goeth away."* " I planted thee a noble vine, wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought...

...the dew by the kindling rays of a vertical sun ? " O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away."8 These circumstances have drawn the attention of almost every traveller who has visited those...

...former rain unto the earth . 0 fcphraim, what shall I do unto >? 0 Judah, what shall I do unto ! ? . 20 The LORD was ready to sin me : therefore we will siug my soup to the st 6 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets ; I have slain them by the words of my mouth : and thy...

...very discouraging sign : O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee f For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away *. While persons reflect not at all, one knows not how it may operate, if ever they come to reflect....

...eternal praise. 129 THE FRAILTY OF MAN'S GOODNESS. " O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Jndah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as...morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away." — Hosea, vi. 4. SUCH the transient influence now Of too many a fervent vow ; Such in spirit and in...

...compassionate tenderness of a parent towards his chidren, — " O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as...morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? How shah1 I deliver thee, Israel ; how shall I make thee as Admah;...

...compassionate tenderness of a parent towards his chidren, — " O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as...morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? How shall I deliver thee, Israel ; how shall I make thee as Admah...

...prophet's language, when, in describing the transient goodness of Ephraim arid Judah, he says, " it is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew, it goeth away."' — It has often been said that the day and the night are antipodes to each other, in those eastern...