...sufferest not our feet to slip. Thou hast shut up the sea within its bounds, and said, Hitherto shall thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be staid. They who sail upon the waters of the ocean see thy glorious works, and thy wonders in the deep....

...Almighty God and heavenly Father, who nilest the raging of the sea and settest bounds to its power, saying hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed} look graciously upon us thy servants, who in the midst of continual dangers both by day and...

...shores. Who reared these volcanic walls but that Being, who sets bounds to the sea, and has said, " hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." This vast expanse of ocean and these stupendous works of God fill the mind with awe. In returning,...

...will tower above the storm, God, who originated and who guards it, exclaiming to all their rage, " hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." 1 Isaiah LXI. 4. Second. Observe the metal of which the Lord commanded these trumpets to be...

...propriety. It claims to have its origin in heaven, and who in such case shall presume to say to it, Thus far shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed ? As the spirit of the Anxious Bench tends to disorder, so it connects itself also naturally...

...Omnipotence, can control its excited and turbulent career, or say to its rebellious fury, " Thus far shalt thou come, but no farther ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed ! " There is a point beyond which philosophy cannot penetrate ; where reason and intellect,...

...darkness a swaddling band for it, and brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther : and here shall thy proud waves be staid. Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring...

...ordinary degree of interest a rock which has braved for centuries the ocean's rage, practically saying, ' hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.' With still greater interest, though of a somewhat different kind, should we contemplate a...

...aswaddlingband for it. 10. And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 11. And said, hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther: and here shall thy proud waves be staid. 12. Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days ? and caused the day-spring to know his place,...

...the sous of God shouted for joy ? Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days ; and caused the day-spring to know his place...