 | John Frederick Denison Maurice - 1853 - 522 pages
...-righteousness, Amos evidently regards as one of the worst features of the time. " Woe unto you he says, that desire the day of the Lord ! To what end is it...you? The day of the Lord is darkness and not light. Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness and not light, even very dark and no brightness in it ? I... | |
 | John Stow - 1854 - 850 pages
...Hope of His People."-' " Woe unto you, (in like manner saith Another of the Minor Prophets,) that e uit, that sprung up and ina** and brought forth, some thirty Th« L" is Darkness, and not Light ! Shall not the Day of The LORD he Darkness, and not Light ? even... | |
 | John Fox - 1855 - 268 pages
...wish for the woeful day ? God forbid. Now your condition may be changed, then it will be stated : woe, woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! to...you ; the day of the Lord is darkness and not light, Amos v. 18. A day of gloominess, a day of clouds, and of thick darkness, at which the people shall... | |
 | Benjamin Seth Youngs - 1856 - 682 pages
...and darkness are figures of trouble and blindness of mind! And therefore said the prophet Amos, "Wo unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! to what...? the day of the Lord is darkness and not light." This was plainly represented by the cloud which separated between the Egyptians and the Israelites,... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1856 - 352 pages
...seemed to come pealing down directly from the thick canopy of pines over the heads of the ministers. " Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! To what end shall it be for you? The day of the Lord shall be darkness, and not light ! Blow ye the trumpet in... | |
 | 1857 - 158 pages
...me Woe to them when I depart from Hosea ix. 12. them ! Woe unto you that desire the day Amos v. 18. of the Lord ! to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light Woe to them that are at ease in Amos vi. 1. Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named... | |
 | John Field - 1857 - 88 pages
...prophet, forewarn men thus presumptuous : — " I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins. Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! to what end is it for you ? " a Let us, then, be careful to prepare for the kingdom of our Lord, whilst we pray for its approach.... | |
 | Favell Lee Mortimer - 1858 - 786 pages
...darkness to them. How striking are the words of the prophet Amos on this subject ! Amos v. 18 — 20 : " Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! to...? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went into the house, and leaned his hand... | |
 | Edward Payson - 1858 - 612 pages
...desire it impatiently, or hasten it by violence, I shall only mention one passage of Scripture. Wo unto you that desire the day of the Lord, to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is as darkness, and not light. As if a man fled from a bear, and a lion met him ; or as if he fled into... | |
 | Isaac P. Labagh - 1859 - 300 pages
...for THE DAY OF THE LORD is near in the valley of decision." The Prophet Amos says, chapter v. 18, " Woe unto you that desire THE DAY OF THE LORD ! To...you ? THE DAY OF THE LORD is darkness and not light ; as if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went into the house and leaned his hand... | |
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Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. 
