...opens only to decay — the severed leaf is already withered, and dead. Such is man. He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.'' " Truly/' replied Mrs. Villaret ; " every thing we see is pregnant with instruction. The grass, for...

...in the present state is limited and uncertain: " Here he has no continuing city. He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." — Like a stranger resident in a foreign country, too, not only is his residence in this world limited...

...vale of tears. Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometli forth as a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. Seeing his days arc determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds...

...flower and a shadow ? Man that is born of a woman is of. few days, and full of trouble. He comet h forth like a flower, and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, aud continueth not. (14 Job, 1 .) 9. How does Eliphaz speak of men ? Them that dwell in houses of clay,...

...language. " 1 go the way of all the earth." Job says, " Man that is born of a woman is of few days He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down, he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not. His days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, thou...

...he as carelessly glanced at the first passages which met his eye. " Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth...; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. " And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee ? " There...

...words; " Man that is born of a woman, is of a few e Hcb. xi. 7- f Gen. viii. 21. « Psal. Iviii. 3. days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a...flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow and coutinueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with...

...sympathy and compassion at the troubles of others, so that we are always full of trouble. " Verse 2. ' He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.' f'.Man in his flourishing, is near to withering, for his standing is so short, that it is not so much...

...term, including all the race of Adam, whether male or female. * " Man, that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble. " He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fieeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. " As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth...

...our breath. Man, with all his boasted wisdom and strength, is the creature of a day. " He cometh up like " a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, " and continueth not." In whatever situation we find him, whether figuring in all the grandeur of a court, or immured in the...