...ordinances, we enter into the touching language of the prophet, himself a beholder of Zion's wants, — " Oh, that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...night for the slain of the daughter of my people!" Let us now trace the positive influence of ordinances ; the good they do, as well as the evil they...

...after the manner of Christ, for his brethren's sakes. Like the prophet, he was ready to exclaim, " Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...night for the slain of the daughter of my people." Whitefield and many other eminent servants of God have not been able to refrain from tears when pleading...

...turn for a testimony — a testimony to thy truth, a testimony to their falsehood and hypocrisy. " e king * eames children of the daughter of my people ! " Having thus opened at large the endowment of the church,...

...and earthly-mindedness. " Oh ! that mine head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night, for the slain of the daughter of my people." The children are ready to fly away, and the parents, sunk into the earth, seem very much unconcerned...

...the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. Jeremiah 9:1-2 [Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...night for the slain of the daughter of my people! Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and...

...people sat in the Brown pew and the Browns sat around the wood stove near the door. 9 Of Vows and Tears Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...night for the slain of the daughter of my people! —Jeremiah 9:1-9 According to John Jr., his father repelled a scolding visit from some of the deacons...

...and impending judgment. "O that my head were waters," he said, "and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!" (Jer. 9: 1 ). That's the spirit of a loving prophet, and this was typical of Jeremiah's lament over...

...following passage (p. 182): "Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears that I may weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people" (Jer 8:23). Who said this verse? If you wish to suggest that Jeremiah said it, it is not possible for...

...of my (God's) people slightly, saying, 'peace, peace,' when there is no peace." Later, Jeremiah says "Oh, that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...night for the slain of the daughter of my people!" "My people" is a metaphor for the Church. Here God speaks as a heart-broken Daddy whose "little girl"...

...the sins of Israel during the Babylonian captivity. He express his concern over Israel in one place, "Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people"(Jeremiah 9: 1). In the New Testament, the apostle Peter, a strongwilled tempestuous disciple...