...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...

...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...

...incensed Judge upon the great white throne to be the Jesus whom I have preached and you rejected ! " Oh ! that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...night for the slain of the daughter of my people." I turn from these saddening reflections to drop a few lines to my professing brethren. We have seen...

...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,...

...have good reason to shed a flood of tears over the sad state of the church and to say with Jeremiah, "Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...night for the slain of the daughter of my people!" (Jen 9:1). But to indulge in mourning without putting our hands to work will be of little avail. It...

...gotten the victory. We shall have a great revival." We must have the concern Jeremiah had, who said, "Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...night for the slain of the daughter of my people!" (9:1). Let me repeat this last point: We of faith should manifest a concern for others. I told the...

...public, and a trembling voice. I feel the same need today. We preachers ought to cry out like Jeremiah, "Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain...night for the slain of the daughter of my people!" (Jer.9:l). The personal soul winner needs a broken heart. The cold and callous sinner can, it may be,...

...known as the weeping prophet, said, "O that my 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." Let us shed a few tears over the lost and see if it doesn't make a difference. You are spared for another...

...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...