...Job, (xxxviii. 1, 2, &c.,) " Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge ? Gird up thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me," &c. alas, how soon would he nonplus and confound us, and make us say with Job, (xl. 4,) " Behold I...

...himself! Should he take the busy inquirer in hand, but as he did begin with Job, (xxxviii. 1, 2, &,c.,) " Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge ? Gird up thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me," &c. alas, how soon would he nonplus...

...himself! Should he take the busy inquirer in hand, but as he did begin with Job, (xxxviii. 1, 2, &c.,) " Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge ? Gird up thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me," 8cc. alas, how soon would he...

...language ! We commend to the author's attention a fine old poem which runs somewhat after this manner : " Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge !" "Gird up thy loins like a man: for I will demand of thee and answer thon me." " Where wast thou when I laid...

...addressed by this Divine Person, in order to humble him in the presence of his God : "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? or who hath stretched the line upon it ? Whereupon...

...of his health, and comforts of his life besides : " Why," says God to him, " Where wast .thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare if thou hast understanding. Did I consult thee when I made this and that, and the other creature ? And may I not dispose of the...

...side of the entrance to the harbour, will be discontinued. SCIENCE AND SCRIPTURE. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? Declare if thou hast understanding. — Job xxxviii. 4. Be not afraid — only believe. — Mark v. 36. Anchored on Thee — in hope and...

...wherefore" of gravitation, of magnetism, of electricity, of cohesion, of attraction, of repulsion. "Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand...of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when the foundations of the earth were laid? Declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures...

...maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I, theLord? 7 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare, if thou hast understanding. 8 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? or who hath stretched the line upon it ? 9...

...still, and ever will continue to have, not merely a figurative or poetical, but a literal application. Gird up now thy loins like a man : for I will demand...of the earth ? declare, if thou hast understanding .. .Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ? or who laid the corner-stone thereof; when the...