...such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he (the king there spoken of) corrupt by flatteries; but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits" or wonders, Dan. xi. 32. These passages refer to the time when Antiochus fell with fury upon the Jews....

...to all nations that will so feel and act, and of late peculiarly true as to the British Islands. " The people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits."* My purpose in making these remarks is to lead you to perceive that, as far as human agency, as active...

...to all nations that will so feel and act, and of late peculiarly true as to the British Islands. " The people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits."* We may estimate the danger, and from that appreciate justly the need of such influence, by learning...

...to all nations that will so feel and act, and of late peculiarly true as to the British Islands. " The people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploit»." • My purpose in making these remarks is to lead you to perceive that, as far as human...

...Ibid- xxxiii., 16. t Ezek. xxxiv., 23,24. $ Ezek. xxxvi., 23, 29. II Dan. ii., 44. IT Ibid, vii., 27. fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.* For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without...

...counted vile and base ; calls on and comforts the rejected. He will sustain our puny endeavours. " The people that do know their God, shall be strong, and do exploits." It is the Almighty who guards and maintains the Temperance cause throughout. But mark! in the hands...

...kingdom by flatteries And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries ; but the people that do know their GOD shall be strong, and do exploits And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every...

...and peace be multiplied unto you, through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord. 2 Peter, i. 2. The people that do know their God shall be strong; and do exploits. Daniel, xi. 32. The Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and do sacrifice. Isaiah, ix. 21. They...

...turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever. This accords with that which he farther predicts : they that understand among the people shall instruct...the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil mang days. Thus, as in the beginning, the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. By the great...

...inhabitants. "The propagation of Christianity — the succeeding important event, is thus represented: ' The people that do know their God shall be strong,...understand among the people shall instruct many.' The persecutions which they suffered are as significantly described: 'Yet they shall fall by the sword,...