...But to what end did the supreme intelligence thus work, but that all nature might record His praise, who " spake, and it was done ; who commanded, and it stood fast." (Ps. xxxiii. 9.) The sacred volume abounds with passages to this effect ; as if to every thing there...

...discovery of a spiritual Being, the Creator of all, who said, " Let there be light," and there was light ; who " spake, and it was done ; who commanded, and it stood fast?" What a subject for reflection! — an Almighty God, omnipresent and omniscient! How can it do other...

...the performance of that great work, the will of the Father was accomplished by the agency of the Son, who spake and it was done, who commanded and it stood fast ! For, by the Word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his...

...the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.' It is His voice, ' who spake, and it was done; who commanded, and it stood fast.'" " Papa," said Edwin, " you make me think of the beautiful lines of Cowper, which you repeated in our...

...awful nature, both to the regenerate and unregenerate, and it has to do with the high decrees of him who spake and it was done, who commanded and it stood fast. And it requires to be treated on with caution ; for the majority of those who make a profession of...

...vectes? " quae machinée ? qui ministri tanti operis fuerant ?" De Natura Deorvm lib. i. cap. 8. 123 Let there be light, and there was light, serves at once...existing from eternity, God or Mind, and Necessity ; QÎOÇ or voïf, and аvсеуку, of which Matter and Form, v\i¡ and /Sé«, are the offspring...

...circumstances ! What must be the uttermost of his wrath, who made heaven and earth by the word of his power ; who spake, and it was done, who commanded, and it stood fast! What must his wrath be, who commandeth the sun, and it rises not, and sealeth up the stars ! What must...

...created i. * We worship him that made the heaven and the earth, the sea and the fountains of water A;; who spake, and it was done; who commanded, and it stood fast/; who said, Let there be light, and there was light; let there be a firmament, and he made the firmament...

...spray as he had over the body of the waters. Is it not strange that ignorant man will not allow him " who spake and it was done; who commanded and it stood fast,"* the merit of performing a complete miracle? Who but men like these could conceive of sprays flying from...

...the first and efficient cause of all creation; for it was Christ in his omnipotent capacity of God who spake and it was done, who commanded and it stood fast. And it is Christ alone, who in the same omnipotent energy is the prime and efficient cause of the new...