...— till the nations of the -earth shall learn and practise the murderous arts of war no more, that the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." Civil liberty is no less requisite than peace to the advancement of genuine literature....

...brutal, and disgusting idolatries ? Is it not rather to open facilities to the spread of the Gospel, till the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea ? Sir, I will detain you no longer than begging that the House will agree in petitioning...

...to spread the knowledge of the Gospel, recollecting for our encouragement, that the day is promised, when " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea." (Ps. ii. 8.) In Isa. xlix. 6, it is declared to be " a light thing that Christ should...

...welfare of the rising generation, it will be viewed as a pledge of the approach of that happy period, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the mighty deep — " when the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord and...

...to preach his truth to these poor heathen! We have reason to hope that the time is not far distant, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea. What a field is open for the successful laIwurs of christians! and yet, how cold and...

...vain to hope for many euch brilliant exhibitions of Christian piety and holiness, until that period, when " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea." Providence, however, has graciously ordained, that a few such " lights in the world"...

...upon earth. * * * I am not sure that this is not the commencement, by his means, of that glorious era, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea." 1312. Instructions, &c. 6th Edit. p. 34. of timely care." The Bishop of Winchester...

...merchandize in value ? When we know it to be the express and avowed purpose of the Almighty, that " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea;" can we for a moment mistake His object, in thus opening to us paths through the trackless...

...carrying into effect of those gracious promises 'of heaven, which will not have been accomplished, until the ' knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover ' the sea.'* However painful I may feel it, to differ in opinion from you, Sir, for whose zeal...

...ingress of Millenial glory — that the happy day so often predicted in the Scriptures might be hastened, when " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters do the seas." And has not this portion of their prayer been heard ? Do we not already witness the dawning...