...National Preeminence," &c. 12mo. 59 spirit of the ancient martyrs shall be universally revived ; and " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." Whether the thousand years, spoken of in our text, are to be regarded as ordinary or...

...the Lord' there was a long and connected series of prophecies remained to be fulfilled ; and before the ' knowledge of the Lord' shall cover the earth as the waters do the sea, there must, it now seems, be as rich a body of supplications to be answered. There has...

...continue to be the lot of the poor in the present life ; but it may be considerably diminished ; and when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters do the sea, it will be so. God hath so ordered things, that we should be blessings to one another....

...may be one means, though a secondary one, of preparing the way for the approach of that day when " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea." Several Clergymen and Gentlemen then eloquently addressed the Meeting, and moved and...

...labors of his faithful servants; that Christ will be with his embassadors to the end of the world ; that the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea. Miracles excluded, as not now needed, the Church has a right to expect the same divine...

...sweet reign of 'peace on earth, good will toward men.' "The Bible says the day is approaching when 'the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.' This school is the earnest of that happy time. The seed to be sown in this school shall...

...the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. "It doth not yet appear what we shall be," when "the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." With the development of faith, or — in terms of spiritual philosophy, — let us...

...whose very conceit of it shall destroy the peace of the world and threaten the extinction of all, but "the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea," and all men shall be instructed, and correspondingly spiritually subjected. Yes, we...

...be a contribution towards the final victory, and towards the fulfilment of the Divine promise that the " knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." I am emboldened, therefore, to hand on to you this message of joyful and undying hope,...

...sunlike era in the history of this dark world, when " the abundance of the sea shall be converted," and " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea ; — when " the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it." *...