| William Orme - 1828 - 278 pages
...joyful anticipation, to that time, when, in the language of the prophecy which has foretold its coming, "the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the channel of the deep." And then, under the influence of that pure and elevated morality, which... | |
| Van Rensselaer Gibson - 1923 - 136 pages
...to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. "It doth not yet appear what we shall be," when "the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." With the development of faith, or — in terms of spiritual philosophy, — let us... | |
| William Bell Riley - 1926 - 282 pages
...whose very conceit of it shall destroy the peace of the world and threaten the extinction of all, but "the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea," and all men shall be instructed, and correspondingly spiritually subjected. Yes, we... | |
| Josephine Elizabeth Grey Butler - 1928 - 308 pages
...be a contribution towards the final victory, and towards the fulfilment of the Divine promise that the " knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." I am emboldened, therefore, to hand on to you this message of joyful and undying hope,... | |
| British and foreign sailors' society - 1842 - 694 pages
...wrre prayerfully used, the most blessed results would follow; and soon would arrive that glorious era when " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." (Cheers.) We owed to sailors a long-standing debt of gratitude, which we ought now... | |
| British and foreign sailors' society - 1839 - 378 pages
...sunlike era in the history of this dark world, when " the abundance of the sea shall be converted," and " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea ; — when " the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it." *... | |
| 1862 - 1124 pages
...the glorious liberty of the children of God." — Romans viii. 21. Iu Scripture a period is spoken of when " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters corer the sea," at which blissful period peace shall prevail, the life of man shall be lengthened,... | |
| 604 pages
...incomparably brighter and more glorious ; for we know that all things are gradually tending towards that day when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea ! Let us cling to that, if we cling to anything. It will encourage and inspire us to... | |
| 1904 - 188 pages
...in prayer to God so that we, who have the Light, may never waver in our purpose till the time comes when the " knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." There is a bright day coming for Egypt, for we read in Isaiah xix. 21, "The Lord shall... | |
| 1841 - 682 pages
...life that now is, and of that which is to come." And when the day spoken of in his word shall come, when " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea," we may expect to see the favorable influence of religion on the intellect so fully... | |
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