...arm ; and truly it was a humbling sight. I thought of that touching description in the 90th Psalm, " Thou turnest man to destruction ; and sayest, Return, ye children of men." His eyes were sunk, and his voice was so weak, that the greatest exertion could not raise it above...

...life is like a wheel. It is always in motion ; we are always turning and rolling to our graves : " Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, Return, ye children of men" (Psa. xo. 3). The meaning is, they are turned into the world, and returned to the grave. It noteth...

...paternity — it is the wisdom of his infinite mind operating as love dictated. Therefore we read,- — " Thou turnest man to destruction ; and sayest Return, ye children of men." Return, Body, to the dust. Return, Spirit, to thy God. Destruction comes upon the tabernacle, but reaches...

...Psalmist now led me on in musing mood, and in sympathizing thought!, to the cottage door — " Lord, them hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. Before...thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction ; and cayest. Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday whea it...

...ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 3 Thou turnest man to destruction; And sayest, Return, ye children of men. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night....

...ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. 3 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night....

...he burst involuntarily into the sublime cadences of that palm so fitted for the time and place: — "Lord! Thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God."...

...oppressor's spear! How long by tyrants shall thy land be trod? How long thy temples worshipless, Oh God? man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children...when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth...

...me that I was now safe, and safe I thought myself, not knowing that destruction was close at hand. "Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men." I was filled with pride on account of what I had attained unto, and through the praise of others I...

...section titled "Scripture Selections to Be Used at Funerals." Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought...when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carnest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth...