...round about : and, behold, there were very many in the open valley ; and, lo, they were very dry. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live ? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word...

...towards God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ," without a moment's delay. "Prophesy upon these dry bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord." The prophet, if he had possessed the same pride of reason with many of our day, would have said, Lord,...

...about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. And be >aid unto me. Son of man, can these bones live < And I answered, 0 Lord God, thou knowest." — EZEKIEI, xxxvii. 1, 2, 3. THE mind fond of the sublime and beautiful,...

...renders it so. proper to the service of this day. Proceeding, then, with the vision, we read, « And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live...them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord." Behold, then, in the vision before us, first, a most affecting picture of the state of all men by nature...

...round about : and, behold, there were very many in the open valley ; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live...say unto them, O ye dry bones,* hear the word of the • Dry bones.} " The extreme accuracy of symbolical prophecy is very remarkable. St. John, wishing...

...bones live [the prophet was no Arminian] ? and I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest [for I do not]. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones,...unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones, Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall...

...P*el "" CONTENTS. SERMON XXII. The Duties of Christiane towards tie Heathen. EZEKIEL xzivii. 4. — Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones,...say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the I^rd. Page 114. SEttMON XXIII. The Christian in the Wilderneee. HOSEA ¡I. 14, IS.— Then-Гиге,...

...them round about: and behold there were very many in the open valley ; and lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, Son of man, can. these bones live? and I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. 1 1 . Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say,...

...of Ezekiel, which Coleridge is said to have pronounced the most sublime in the whole Bible — " And he said unto me, son of man can these bones live ? And I answered O Lord God thou knowest" — has seventeen monosyllables to three others. The early writers, ' the pure wells of English undefiled,'...

...ROUND ABOUT I AND BEHOLD THERE WERE VERY MANY IN 3 THE OPEN VALLEY j AND LO, THEY WERE VERY DRY. AND HE SAID UNTO ME, SON OF MAN, CAN THESE BONES LIVE ? AND I ANSWERED, 4 O LORD GOD, THOU KNOWEST. AGAIN HE SAID UNTO ME, PROPHESY UPON THESE BONES, AND SAY UNTO THEM, 0...