 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.  The Quarterly Christian Spectator - Page 5061836Full view - About this book
 | Louis Bonnet - 1837 - 184 pages
...and the ills that surround us—we ourselves may become their prey if we refuse to acknowledge that " *all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth and the flower thereof falleth away." We may learn by our own fall the utter vanity of our... | |
 | Adam Clarke - Bible - 1837 - 882 pages
...agreeable to St. Peter's interpretation of this passage of the prophet, quoted by him, 1 Pet. i. 24, 25 : " . • Ver. 14 ; 1яв. xxvii. 13. » Ver. IT, 25,' 20.- — — P Heb. from me, o withereth, and the flower thereof faileth away ; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this... | |
 | Christian life - 1844 - 606 pages
...What is the next ? U. Turn to the First Epistle of Peter, first chapter, 24th and 25th verses. C. " For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass." U. There, my children, stop a little. See that you have got hold of the exact... | |
 | John Pring - 1837 - 424 pages
...plants spring up, grow to maturity, and continue in the same, as they are not all like ourselves. " For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass, (so unlike his original !) The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth... | |
 | 1841 - 538 pages
...martyrs" has been " the seed of the church." Nor does it depend upon his life. No, the prophets die ; for " all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass; the grass withereth, and the flower thereof fadeth away : but the Word of the Lord, endureth for ever. And this... | |
 | Family Sanctuary, Family sanctuary - Families - 1838 - 598 pages
...not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this... | |
 | John Pring - 1838 - 588 pages
...ever have been under the first, more under the Word that was made flesh, than in any flesh besides, " For all flesh is as grass ; and all the glory of man, as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever." (Pet.... | |
 | Charles Augustus Thurlow - Christian women - 1838 - 182 pages
...daily practice, she had commenced a work which shall not pass, but shall be proved eternal : for while "all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass — the grass withereth and the flower thereof falleth away, THE WORD OP THK LORD ENDURETH FOR EVER." 1 PET. i, 24—25.... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1838 - 330 pages
...Behold, O Lord, thou hast made our days as an hand-breadth ; and our age is as nothing before thee. 7 All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away. As for man, his days are as grass : As a flower of... | |
 | 1842 - 268 pages
...the Word of God, that liveth and abideth forever?' " For all flesh," continues that same apostle, " is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass; the grass withereth, and the flower thereof f.illcth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever." And... | |
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