...when he is sincere ; because he cannot with any certainty say, even if he obtain his avowed object, ' Hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.' He cannot even assure us,' as experience universally proves, that when his avowed object is...

...rule, and holding up the public example of total abstinence. It is the prerogative of God alone to say, "hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." When frail man attempts to make a treaty with crime, and allows himself a share of indulgence...

...laid the foundations of the earth, so that they should not be moved; he that said unto the waters, hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed ; he whose lightnings gave shine unto the world, and before whose presence the hills melted...

...laid the foundations of the earth, so that they should not be moved; he that said unto the waters, hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed ; he whose lightnings gave shine unto the world, and before whose pre-o, a * sence the hills...

...city of God. He who made the ocean, holds it in the hollow of His hand, and saith, "Hitherto shall thou come, and no farther ; and here shall .thy proud waves be stayed." 9th. — Last' night surpassed all that I ever experienced at sea. The gale commenced at 12...

...Though the waves toss, and roar, they can never pass over their bounds; for God has said to the ocean, " Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," Letson VI. What are those great waters called that are not so <arge as the ocean? Seas, lakes,...

...swelling and tempest tossed element, the devout mind finds the inscription from an invisible power, " hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." 'As the atmosphere is more 'easily agitated than water, doubtless both the Sun and Moon raise...

...The sea ebbs and flows as when the same Almighty power first placed its bounds, and said, " Hither shalt thou come, and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." The earth continues to yield her increase at stated periods, and " man, the great master of...

...consist." He brake up for the sea " a decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto «halt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." " He looketh to the end of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven, to make the weight...

...Creator j that he who " fixed the bounds of the sea by a perpetual decree," should say, " Hitherto shall thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." Our chief lesson is, however, that Christ may be trusted to deliver us both from outward and...