...stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: thett spake 1 with my tongue, 4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it it; that I may know how frail 1 am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; and mine age...

...answers to this important question ; kneel down before him who has thy life in his hand, and say, " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, that I may know how frail 'I am. Behold thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age as...

...when a sermon was preached by his minister, to a very crowded congregation, from PsaJm xxxviii. 4. " Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure of...days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am." He has left an example worthy of imitation, and a testimony in the minds of all who knew him, " that...

...how suddenly it may be executed. To this state of uncertainty, the prayer of David is appropriate: Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I inay know how frail I am;9 for the knowledge of our frailty may cause attention to the Prophet's advice,...

...Thus, the Psalmist, meditating on the shortness of human life, and the certainty of death, says, " Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity ;" and again, " Man is like to vanity, his davs pass...

...not give to another. Sermon preached by W. Turner, Hanover-Square, Ne&castle. PSALM xxxix. v. 5. " Behold, thou hast' made my days as an handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity." Selah. AS there is nothing in this world, the contemplation...

...and the ingratitude of man ; the transient miseries of time, and the durable glories of eternity. 4. LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days what it is : that / may know how frail I am. Wearied with the contradiction of sinners, and sickening at the prospect...

...PSALMS. David complains of his enemies. was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue. 4 ture after ' that I may know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth ; and mine age...

...especially selected by the Dean, and read accordingly; after which Dr. Green's celebrated Anthem, " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days," was sung in an exquisite manner by the gentlemen belonging to the choir. The Dean then delivered an...

...feems, in fenfe to this iSBrHI^Ldrd, prays he, make me to know my end, and the pr. xx*ix. Vneafiire of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail '• f'am: concerning the drift of which place, as well as of this he're, it were obvious to conceive...