...with bars ; when I placed the cloud for its robe, and thick darkness for its band ; when I said, ' Thus far shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed ?' Hast thou been at the storehouses of snow ; hast thou seen the magazines of...

...prescribed bounds to the human mind, as well as to the mighty ocean, and in effect tells us in his word, " Thus far shalt thou come and no farther, and " here shall thy airy flights, thy proud excursions " be staid." If the student can, let him provide himself in some...

...his works is out of the reach of his mercy ? Who has fixed bounds to thre mercy of our God, and said, thus far shalt thou come, and no farther ? and here shall thy benevolent hand be stayed ? How appear these things to you, my hearers? Remember, that if you judge...

...prescribed bounds to the human mind, as well as the mighty ocean, and in effect tells us in his word, "Thus far shalt thou come, and no farther, and here shall thy airy flights, thy proud excursions, be staid." If the student can, let him provide himself in some...

...miles of the sea, there are "no weirs and impertinent cataracts that might say to ascending fish, ' Thus far shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud fins be stayed.' " Its verdant banks are nowhere encumbered by overhanging bushes, but, at regular...

...beloved Country, and all the opposition we may meet with in contending for the faith of Christ, and say " thus far shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." — [Cheers.] The speaker then proceeded to appeal with much force and persuasion...

...beneficial power, lying tranquilly within the bound which God affixed to it, and to remember the words, ' Thus far shalt thou come, and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stopped,' affords so grand an illustration of his might, so fine a proof of the truth...

...Hollanders have thus been able to say to the raging ocean, without presumption or blasphemy, — ' Thus far shalt thou come, and no farther ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.' Within this line we find fertile fields, extensive meadows, magnificent pleasure-grounds,...

...aggressive movements. Hills are levelled, and valleys filled. Embankments are thrown up to tell the ocean, " Thus far shalt thou come, and no farther; and here shall thy proud waves be staid," while the elements are all subsidized and impressed by man into his service....

...it not met by that restraining shore—those bars and doors which he hath placed who said to it, " Thus far shalt thou come, and no farther: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." J And just so might man imagine himself without a superior—the original,...