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

...and all the circumstances thereof. I believe the devil believes in predestination about everything. "Thus far shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." It is a wonder how the devil can therefore set men on to vilify predestination. But...

...our hands will He require it!"): but we may as well try to stem the ocean's tide, and say to it, " Thus far shalt thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," as attempt to check the continuous annual increase and swell of the population of...

...grace, because the devil can only act by the permission of God ; and He who said to the mighty ocean, 'Thus far shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be staid,' thus restrains the evil power of His enemy, and permits not that his faithful angels...

...strength of soul upon the furthest verge of irregular indulgence, and say to the torrent of our passions, "thus far shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." We forget that Sin is bondage, and that forgiveness itself can only remit penalties,...

...his own will; does what he will in the armies of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; says to the waves of the sea, Thus far shalt thou come, and no farther. This is the grand fact that the Hebrew Testament embodies—a sense of God's overruling sovereignty....

...own will ; does what he will in the armies of heaven and amonrg the inhabitants of the earth ; says .to the waves of the sea, Thus far shalt thou come, and no farther. This is the grand fact that the Hebrew Testament embodies — a sense of God's overruling...

...little pinnaele whereon we stood, but the billows kept their plaee. It was as if a voice had said : " Thus far shalt thou come, and no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." CHAPTER XV. SCENES IN THE DEHRA t< HOON Return to behra—The Dhoon—SysUm of Taiatton—Tlio...

...— " Rule Britannia ! Britannia rule the waves," does not believe that any earthly power can say to the sea, " Thus far shalt thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." He knows that such power belongs to God alone. When he sings " Rule, Britannia,"...

...righteousness as the waves of the sea; that unite and are bounded by his decree, saying to the elements, thus far shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed. 113 A TESTIMONY GIVEN FORTH BY ABRAHAM LAWTON, Of Athens, Greene County, New York,...