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Barnes' Notes on Jonah 4:10

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Thou hadst pity on the palm-christ - In the feeling of our common mortality, the soul cannot but yearn over decay. Even a drooping flower is sad to look on, so beautiful, so frail. It belongs to this passing world, where nothing lovely abides, all things beautiful hasten to cease to be. The natural God-implanted feeling is the germ of the spiritual. return to 'Top of Page'
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