II. Grass, in the beauty of its freshness, and the luxuriance of its tender springing, is an emblem of the Lord Jesus, and of the rich and pleasant provision which God makes, in the gospel, for his people. It is remarkable that the margin for our text, as the literal Hebrew, is “tender grass.” 1. When David was…
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THE CREATION OF GRASS AND ITS LESSONS, part 2
I. Grass, as to its author, its variety, and its growth, is an emblem of divine grace. 1. Strange as it may sound, it is strictly true, the God of the grass is “the God of all grace.” He, who created the one, imparts the other. Both are utterly beyond the power of man to produce. Were all…
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THE CREATION OF GRASS AND ITS LESSONS, part 1
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass.” GENESIS 1:11 THE reading of the first chapter of Genesis, on the present Sunday, can hardly fail to arrest the attention of a churchman. It tells him that another year is gone, and that another season of the church is again come round. It reminds him too, that the minister of…
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