 | Missions - 1833 - 638 pages
...I have buried all my kin, and have long been familiar •with death ; I may say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister ;" adding, " Christ hath abolished death, and taken the sting out of it to hi» people, and when the... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Dissenters, Religious - 1813 - 574 pages
...ré as darkne». ТЫ» is my house, there have I made my bed : I have said to corruption, Thou ait my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister: As for my bope, «ho shall see it? 1 and my hope go down together to the bars of the pit." Job x. 51.... | |
 | Noah Webster - Elocution - 1814 - 240 pages
...distinctions, which become the vehicles of your dishonour. Such a nation might truly say, to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. We should say of such a race of men, Their name is a heavier burden than their debt. 9. Tfee refusal... | |
 | Stephen Cullen Carpenter - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1815 - 534 pages
...distinctions, which become the vehicles of your dishonour. Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. We should say of such a race of men, their name is a heavier burden than their debt. I can scarcely... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1815 - 262 pages
...and the highelt order of fpirits, as his brethren, may, in another refpect, fay to " corruption, tnou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my ufter.jf ADDISOS, SECTION XXI. Truft in tbt Care of Prudence recommended. MAN, confidered in himfelf,... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - Sermons, English - 1815 - 622 pages
...Remember then, that sooner or later, this will be also your portion. You will " say to corruption, Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and mysister." But if youshallbefoundamongthose who die in the Lord, (and if not, wo, wo, to you ; for... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1816 - 488 pages
...dust of the ground." None of us can claim an higher extraction. We may all say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. And as the body is an earthly house with respect to its original, so it is constantly supported and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...and the highest order of spirits as his brethren, may, in another respect, say to " corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister." AQDISON. SECTION XXL Trust in the Core of Providence Recommended. MAN, considered in himself, is a... | |
 | John Kenrick - Bible - 1817 - 650 pages
...other purpose than to supply the growth of those bodies, which must ere long say to corruption, " Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister;" if all the order and the beauty which we behold with so much delight, were but the decoration of the... | |
 | 1817 - 206 pages
...their family, as well as they that are said to be basely born, are compelled to say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister." Tfie endeavours of man to disguise his littleness have been all in vain : they have only tended to... | |
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Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister! 
