| Dorus Clarke - 1836 - 228 pages
...at the cross, and earliest at the grave." LECTURE II. INTELLECTUAL CULTIVATION. Ps. CILIV. 12. — That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth...corner-stones, polished after the similitude of a palace. < GRAY, in his " Distant. Prospect of Eton College," has drawn an exquisite picture of the simplicity,... | |
| 1836 - 592 pages
...blessing, shall acquire, day by day, fresh depth and breadth and consistency : then may we, indeed, hope that " our sons may be as plants, grown " up in their youth ; our daughters as corner-stones, polished like " a temple :" then may our country be once more " the... | |
| William Cogswell - 1836 - 380 pages
...greatly instumental in training the rising generation for God and heaven. Bless too parental instruction, that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth! and our daughters as corner stones polished after the similitude of a palace. We thank thee, gracious... | |
| Timothy Dwight - 1836 - 668 pages
...of strange childrAt, whose mouth speaketh liet, and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood : that our sons may be as plants, grown up in their youth f that our daughters may be as corner-stones, polished after the simuitute of a palace ; that our garners... | |
| 1837 - 556 pages
...strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right nancl is a right hand of falsehood: 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth...corner-stones, polished after the similitude of a palace : 13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store ; that our sheep may bring PSALMS.... | |
| Martin Luther - 1837 - 408 pages
...strange children, •whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand i« a right hand of falsehood : That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth...cornerstones, polished after the similitude of a palace : That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store : that our sheep may bring forth thousands... | |
| 1837 - 210 pages
...SE21M03T LXXVXZ. BY SAMUEL C. JENNINGS. THE PROPER ACQUIREMENTS IW FEMALE EDUCATION. PSALM 144:12. That our daughters may be as corner-stones, polished after the similitude of a palace. The royal Psalmist David, thankful for past victories, desired a complete deliverance from the evils... | |
| Michigan. Legislature. Senate - 1837 - 740 pages
...man is placed. The high purposes of education are thus beautifully expressed by an ancient poet — "That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth ; and our daughters as corner stones polished after the similitude of a palace." In the language of... | |
| Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives - 1837 - 640 pages
...man is placed. The high purposes of education are thus beautifully expressed by an ancient poet — " That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth ; and our daughters as corner stones polished after the similitude of a palace." In the language of... | |
| 1837 - 512 pages
...of the heart. This last idea is beautifully expressed in the figurative language of the text — " That our sons may be as plants, grown up in their youth." The mind of an uneducated young man might be represented by a plant, which, being stinted in its growth,... | |
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