 Till from the straw, the flail the corn doth beat, Until the chaff be purged from the wheat, Yea, till the mill the grains in pieces tear, The richness of the flour will scarce appear. So, till men's persons great afflictions touch, If worth be found,...  The Church Missionary Gleaner - Page 181865Full view - About this book
 | Church missionary society - 1863 - 614 pages
...richness of the flour will scarce appear. So, till men's persons great afflictions touch, If worth be found, their worth is not so much, Because, like wheat...value which in threshing they may get. . For till the bruisi,ig flails of God's corrections Have threshed out of us our vain affections, Till those corruptions,... | |
 | 1860 - 444 pages
...richness of the flour will scarce appear. So, till men's persons great afflictions touch, If worth be found, their worth is not so much, Because, like wheat...value which in threshing they may get. For till the braising flails of God's corrections, Have thrashed out of us our vain affections ; Till those corruptions... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1851 - 172 pages
...richness of the flowre will scarce appear. So, till men's persons great afflictions touch, If worth be found, their worth is not so much, Because, like wheat...value which in threshing they may get. For till the brusing flailes of God's corrections Have threshed out of us our vaine affections; Till those corruptions... | |
 | 1852 - 644 pages
...richness of the flour will scarce appear. So, till men's persons great afflictions touch, If worth be found, their worth is not so much, Because, like wheat...from us the straw of worldly treasures, Till all the dusty chafl* of empty pleasures, Yea, till His flail upon us He doth lay, To thresh the husk of this... | |
 | 1852 - 514 pages
...richness of the flour will scarce appear. So, till men's persons great afflictions touch, If worth be found, their worth is not so much, Because, like wheat...which in threshing they may get. For till the bruising flail of God's corrections i Have threshed out of us our vain affections ; Till those affections which... | |
 | Edward Meyrick Goulburn - 1852 - 80 pages
...richness of the flowre will scarce appear. So, till men's persons great afflictions touch, If worth be found, their worth is not so much, Because, like wheat...value which in threshing they may get. For till the brusing flailes of God's corrections Have threshed out of us our vaine affections ; Till those corruptions... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1852 - 252 pages
...value which in thrashing they may get. For till the bruising flails of God's corrections Have thrashed out of us our vain affections ; Till those corruptions...misbecome us . Are by thy sacred Spirit winnowed from us ; WORDS WITNESSES OF MOKAL TRUTHS. 17 Until from us the straw of worldly treasures, Till all the dusty... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1852 - 278 pages
...richness of the flour will scarce appear. So, till men's persons great afflictions touch, If worth be found, their worth is not so much, Because, like wheat in straw, they have not yet That value which in thrashing they may get. For till the bruising flails of God's corrections Have thrashed out of us our... | |
 | 1852 - 870 pages
...of the flour will scarce appear. So, till men's persons great afflictions touch, If worth be fouud, their worth is not so much, Because, like wheat in straw, they have not yet That value which in thrashing they may get. 1'or till the bruising flails of God's corrections Have thrashe'd out of us... | |
 | 1852 - 518 pages
...in straw, they have not yet That value which in threshing they may get. For till the bruising flail of God's corrections / Have threshed out of us our vain affections ; Till those affections which do misbecome us, Are by the Sacred Spirit winnow'd from us ; Until from us the straw... | |
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