...compared to rain : " I will pour water on him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground ;" that is, "I will pour my Spirit on thy seed; and my blessing on thy offspring." He comes on the barren, parched ground of men's hearts, causing them to spring, and...

...seed, and thy blessing upon our offspring.' O Lord, hast thou not said that thou wilt do it, and that ' they shall spring up as among the grass, and as willows by the water-courses. One shall say, I am the Lord's, another shall call himself by the name of Jacob, and...

...thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground ; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring ; and they shall spring up as among the grass, and as willows by the water courses : * Isa. xxxii. 13—17. one shall say, I am the Lord's, and another shall call himself by the name...

...compared to the springing and shooting forth of plants : Isai. xliv. 3, 4. " I will pour my blessing upon thine offspring, and they shall spring up as among the grass, and as willows by the water courses. Psalm Ixxii. 15, " they of the city shall flourish as the grass of the earth ;" so Job xiv. 2, " he...

...compared to the springing and shooting forth of plants : Isai. xliv. 3, 4. " I will pour my blessing upon thine offspring, and they shall spring up as among the grass, and as willows by the water courses. Psalm Ixxii. 15, " they of the city shall flourish as the grass of the earth ;" so Job xiv. 2, " he...

...thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring; and they shall spring up as among the grass, and as willows by the water-courses." To the same purpose the prophet Ezekiel, " Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you,...

...that the Lord " will pour out his Spirit upon our seed, and his blessing upon our offspring, and that they shall spring up as among the grass, and as willows by the water-courses." God is more ready to bestow blessings upon us than we are to solicit them ; and if...

...and if my strength advances as it has done since Friday, it will not be long. Plead that promise, ' I will pour my Spirit on thy seed, and my blessing on thine offspring.' Present such promises with earnestness and holy urgency. It is the want of pith in our prayers that...

...thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring ; and they shall spring up as among the grass, and as willows by the watercourses. (Is. xliv. 3, 4.) Let the heart be hard, let it be stubborn and impenetrable as the flint,...

..." pours out his Spirit upon their seed and his blessing upon their offspring," so that they " grow up as among the grass, and as willows by the water courses :" and if we are looking for the blessing apart from the discharge of the duty, we are not exercising...