...being. There is a Sovereign of life, and he is absolute. It is God, in whose hand our breath is. " Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, return ye children of men." The reasons of his determinations with respect to life are unsearchably hidden. His thoughts and ways...

...grave ? Remember how short my time is. Wherefore hast thou made all men in vain, Psalm Ixxxix. 48. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. Thou carriest them away with a flood: they are as a sleep. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth...

...the south ? doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high. [Job, xxxix. 26, 27. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations....everlasting, thou art God, Thou turnest man to destruction 1 and sayest, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when...

...its dissolution. See, for a parallel, Ps. cii. 25, &c. with St. Paul's application, Heb. i. 10. 3. Thou turnest man to destruction : and sayest, Return, ye children of men. Death was the penalty inflicted on man for sin. The latter part of the verse alludes to the fatal sentence,...

...days, and the number of his months are with thee. Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, return, ye children of men. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep, in the morning they are like grass which...

...its dissolution. See, for a parallel, Ps. cii. 25, &c. with St. Paul's application, Heb. i. 10. 3. " Thou turnest man to destruction ; and sayest, Return, ye children of men." Death was the penalty inflicted on man for sin. The latter part of the verse alludes to the fatal sentence,...

...expressions which Moses employs to trace the image of the life of the Israelites in the preceding context: " Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men: thou earnest them away as with a flood: they are as asleep: in the morning they are like grass which...

...SCRIPTURES, Read alternately by the Superintendent and school. Lard, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought...from everlasting to everlasting thou art GOD, Thou turncst man to destruction, And sayest, return ye children of men, 1 know thut I shall be brought to...

...' Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world; even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God. Thou...destruction, and sayest, Return ye children of men.' Is it not the voice of the i The English translation runs thus : (Prov. via. 22.) ' The Lord possessed...

...the faithfulness, the unchangeableness, the eternity of the great Creator; and thu« does it sing: "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadnt formed the earth and the world, even f/om everlasting to everlasting, thou art God....