...God, pointing to that great barrier of Law, and proclaiming to the restless sea of changing doubt, ' Hitherto shall thou come, but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed,' — even Science has now herself thrown down this trusted barrier; the flood-gates...

...the hollow of His hand." He hath "shut up the sea," and set bars and doors unto it, and said — " Hitherto shall thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed."— GOSSE. Sea.— God's Right to the " The sea is His. " This was seen to be true...

...there, as the voice of mercy sajs to these angry surges of avenging justice pursuing the sinner, " Hitherto shall thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." Job, xxxviii. 11. There the trembling sinner, however great his unworthiness, is...

...? xxxviii. 2. The morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy. xxxviii. 7. Hitherto shall thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed. Job xxxviii. 11. Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands...

...hopelessly with the inevitable, as above its roar the cliffs seem to echo back the unalterable decree, " Hitherto shall thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." What a picture is this of a life without God ! Driven hither and thither by the winds of temptation ; fighting...

...It is very possible that the prophets if questioned would have answered in 1 Cf. Job xxxviii. 11, " Hitherto shall thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed ; " where the first clause, though in form positive, is really negative (as hinted,...

...will. He will say to this nation and to other nations, as He did to the proud waves of the ocean, " Hitherto shall thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." Our safety and our defense is in the Lord of Hosts. Let us put our trust in Him and...

...then elapsed, and prevents its reaching the future. When it occurs in that sublime passage from Job, 'Hitherto shall thou come, but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed,' at first, is the command to reach the limited line, and then in amplification of...

..." is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working ? " In fine, of the Arabian it may be said : " Hitherto shall thou come, but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." 1 The Koran, etc., p. 65. But of Christ : " His name shall endure forever : his name...

...prove the guardian of his Church, rolling back from the walls of Rome the revolution with the words, " Hitherto shall thou come, but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." But, as everyone knows, on the 2oth September, 1870, the Italian troops made a breach...