...works of man, and man himself together with his works, and the ocean seeming to overleap the command, " Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," these irregular and prodigious vagaries seem to bespeak a decay, and forebode, perhaps,...

...You know one that holds the winds in his hands, and says to the great sea, ' hitherto thou shall go and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.' " It is then our part to look up, and to tell our people to look up, and to say with the Psalmist, ' The...

...may rise, and threaten to swallow her up; but He can say to these, as he does to the natural sea, " Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." 2. If such be the present privileges and the future prospects of the saints, how...

...torrent-floods of ungodliness to their prescribed place, and saying to the rising tide of popular commotion, " Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed!" But, brethren, though the Lord Omnipotent, reigning on his imperishable throne, is...

...billows ; and in giving to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; saying, Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed!— And we should observe his works, not only as objects of curiosity and wonder, but...

...could show them that his weakness was stronger than they, and could say concerning their wickedness, "Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," as the highest and most raging waves of the sea were brought down and broken, and...

...eternal bounds of justice and humanity, we would say to it in the sublime words of the sacred oracles. " Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be staid." Once more to refer to this destructive principle of human nature, we may state that...

...Being who holds its waters " in the hollow of his hand," and who has said to its foaming surges, " Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. HENRY KIRKE WHITE. There are few men with names inscribed...

...his omnipotency. For he that has made the sea, and prescribed bounds to the waves thereof: saying, hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed, is not to be limited by finite creatures, as the best of men are. And though the sea...

...conflagration ? Were for an instant He to withhold His hand, who has set bounds to the ocean, saying, " Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," another inundation must ensue! The tides ebb and flow at his command, storms and...