...eternal praise. 129 THE FRAILTY OF MAN'S GOODNESS. " O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Jndah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as...morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away." — Hosea, vi. 4. SUCH the transient influence now Of too many a fervent vow ; Such in spirit and in...

...the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. 4 ^j O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your § goodness is as a morn- 4 or, «m*. ing cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the...

...prophet's language, when, in describing the transient goodness of Ephraim arid Judah, he says, " it is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew, it goeth away."' — It has often been said that the day and the night are antipodes to each other, in those eastern...

...convictions soon wore off, and he became as depraved as ever. And thus false repentance is transient "as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away" 1 '." boast of their experience, and the joy which they falsely imagine they have had in God, whilst...

...but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. Hos. yi. 4 : O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness...morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. ' 1 JOHN, ii. 15 — 17 : Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man...

...have to echo, in sorrowful accents, the painful complaint, " O Eplmiim, what shall I do unto thee ! O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? For your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it passeth away." Nothing, however, is more common than such fugitive impressions. Disappointment of the...

...to speak in the affecting language of the text, " O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judith, what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as...morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away." III. Let us pursue the inquiry. — What ought we to expect at the hand of God on account of this instability...

...many times didst thou deliver them, according to thy mercies. O Ephraim, what shall 1 do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ''. for your goodness is as the morning cloud, and ns the early dew it goeth away.' chap. ix. 28. 2. In a second class of transient...

...have to echo, in sorrowful accents, the painful complaint, " O Cphraim, what shall I do unto thee 1 O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? For your goodness is as a-morning cloud, and as the early dew it passeth away." Nothing, however, is more common than such...

...ancient people, O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee ? for thy goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. In a similar manner Christ here represents himself as at a loss how to describe the perverseness and...