...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,...

...lying tranquilly within the bound which God affixed to it, and to remember the words, 'Thus far shall 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 of his promises,...

...Indiana, and Illinois. But none could say to these mightier than the waters of the ocean, " hitherto shall thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be staid;" and sweeping over Wisconsin, they burst across the Father of Waters, and subdued Missouri and...

...Indiana, and Illinois. But none could say to these mightier than the waters of the ocean, "hitherto shall thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be staid ;" and sweeping over Wisconsin, they burst across the Father of Waters, and subdued Missouri...

...Indiana, and Illinois. But none could say to these mightier than the waters of the ocean, " hitherto shall thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be staid ;" and sweeping over Wisconsin, they burst across the Father of Waters, and subdued Missouri...

...sure. Wicked men are governed by the same voice that controls the waves of the sea. " Hitherto shall thou come, and no farther ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." Till covenant love consent, the children of God cannot be hurt in their person, their interest,...

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

...medium, which seems to baffle the powers of human science, and says to the pride of human intellect,' Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.' Here, indeed, the most brilliant and profound analysts have continually to guess their way,...

...repelled its fury for centuries, and kept it within the boundaries prescribed by Him who said — " hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be WEST. stayed ;" or else an imaginary line, owing its existence to the contracted limits of our vision....

...are stilled as though in their maddest plunge they heard an Almighty voice, saying, " Hitherto shall thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," and instantly they are stayed, and thus they remain for ages. And this extends not one mile...