...— an overwhelming impression of His power, who could set its bounds to such an element and say, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." We proceeded along as near tho edge of the cliff as we dared, pausing every now and...

...beautiful valleys, pour forth its broad rivers, and shut up the sea with doors and bars, saying, " hitherto shalt thou come, but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed ?" Or could man, by his knowledge and skill, form the beautiful mechanism of animal...

...gavest it its law, and didst set it its limit, and didst lay on it, as on an infant, its command, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further : and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." Oh stay in us the swelling waves of pride ! Subdue the storms of passion ! And make...

...stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. He says to the sea, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed. The lightnings say unto him, Here we are, — He speaks, and it is done ; he commands, and it stands fast.'...

...world ; as well as the noise of the waves in the natural world — saying to both, when he sees fit, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed. "f * Rollin's Ancient History is peculiarly excellent in this respect, t Job xxxviii....

...still mightier creative power, who laid its foundations so sure, and whose omnipotent voice said, " Hitherto shalt thou come but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." No. 154. To JJ GURNEY. 1828, 12 mo. 5. — I would not dwell too minutely on those...

...Almighty God and heavenly Father, who rulest the raging of the sea and settest bounds to its power, saying hitherto shalt thou come, but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed; look graciously upon us thy servants, who in the midst of continual dangers both by...

...greatness of His majesty, whose whisper can hush thee to sleep, and whose voice thou art swift to obey ! " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," Job xxxviii. 11. Natural scenes, if not always lovely, are ever interesting, whether...

...his power to confine and imprison the rebellion, saying to it in * Job xii. 10. accents of thunder, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed."* Such, then, is the power of God. He is omnipotent to create, and omnipotent to control....

...then, must He be who is mightier than many waters ; who appointed to the ocean its limits, and said, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed !" Let it be, then, our great desire to know Him, not only as revealed in his works,...