...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...

...up '. We are but of yesterday, and know nothing ; because our days upon earth are a shadow e. Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I amh. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom '. That which I see not,...

...stirred. 3 My heart was hot within me; was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue. 4 LORD, @ X 5 1 am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily...

...was hot within me ; while I was musing the fire burned : then spake I with my tongue, 4 Lord, make me know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily...

...am ashamed of the sins I have desired, and am confounded for the pleasures that I have chosen. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is : that I may know how frail I am, and that I may apply my heart unto wisdom. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord : let...

...rise again to memory. But vain is the pride of beauty. The rose fades, and the lily is soiled. " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, Thou hast made my days as a handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing before Thee : verily every...

...sense of the words agrees exactly with the translation of them as we find it in the Bible. " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days ; what it is, that I may know how frail I am. The sum and substance, indeed, of his request, is contained in the last verse of the Psalm ; an entreaty...

...surely every man is vanity. (39 P. 11.) ,12. Does he pray to be made sensible of his own frailty ? Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know bow frail I am. 'Beheld, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before...

...preserve me from trouble : thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Lord, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is : that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth, and mine age is nothing before thee : verily every...