...degree of interest, a rock, which has braved for centuries the ocean's rage, practically saying, " hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." With still greater interest, though of a somewhat different kind, should we contemplate...

...bank, to contemplate the solemn scene, and derive comfort from that sublime and omnipotent decree. ' Hitherto shalt thou come but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.'" LIVES OF CELEBRATED CHILDREN.—NO. II. LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON. The following very...

...which at least makes our condition tolerable, will say to them, as He did to the tempestuous billows, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." ' #*# # # # # * # ' What effect have the evils of slavery in this happy land upon...

...over-ruleth all for the purifying and enlargement of his Church. He who said to the mighty ocean : Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed,—can order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men. All hearts are under the...

...that might, which " laid the foundations of the earth," and " shut up the sea with doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further : and here shall thy proud waves be stayed."* From this incidental observation, however, I hasten to lead you to the general idea,...

...darkness a swaddling-band for it. And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed. 13 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days ? and caused the day-spring to know...

...set them their bounds which they should not pass, neither turn again to cover the earthu ; and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed'1; who but that all-powerful 8 John vi. 21. t Gen. i. 9. u Psalm civ. 9. * Job xxxviii....

...of the unfathomable deep were set," and the raging floods were restrained by the high command. — " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further, and. here shall thy proud waves be stayed." He asks, if man can control the paths of light or darkness : can he direct the stars...

...waters retired to the places appointed to receive them, and heard the fiat which omnipotence uttered, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." Well might the Almighty himself demand attention to this fact, aod ask, " Who shut...

...is a Power which can say, as easily to the tempestuous ocean of ambition, as to the natural deep, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: " and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." CHAP. VI. Adaptation of the Atmosphere to the Wants of Man. SECT. I. The general...