...limitations in human life ; it reaches the fulness and the last touch of its infinite sacredness in Christ, who spake and it was done, who commanded and it stood fast — because he planted the heavens and set the earth upon nothing. Observe, not only was the word twofold,...

...is in the Biblical cosmogony ascribed to the Will of a Supreme, Self-Existent Personal Intelligence, who " spake and it was done," who " commanded and it stood fast" " The heavens and the earth," the usual Hebrew designation of the universe, " were created," or summoned...

...reminded of Him who, in the profound gloom of primeval darkness, said, "Let light be! and light was!" who "spake and it was done; who commanded and it stood fast. " But, least of all, was this a word of power: it was a touch of Love! A leper was a loathsome wretch...

...reminded of Him who, in the profound gloom of primeval darkness, said, "Let light be! and light was!" who "spake and it was done; who commanded and it stood fast. " But, least of all, was this a word of power: it was a touch of Love! A leper was a loathsome wretch...

...reaches the fulness and the last touch of its infinite sacredness in Christ, 28 CHRIST'S COMPLETE CURE. who spake and it was done, who commanded and it stood fast — because he planted the heavens and set the earth upon nothing. Observe, not only was the word twofold,...

...Let every presumptuous theorist beware how he touches upon the prerogatives of that Almighty Being, who spake and it was done, who commanded and it stood fast, the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the beginning of the creation of God ; or if they will prefer...

...purposes without a touch, or even an explicit word of healing import. What is it but the power of Him Who spake and it was done, Who commanded and it stood fast ? And all this vividness of look and bearing, this innocent subtlety of device combined with a boldness...

...evening winds the hymn of praise •and adoration to the One Great Being who had delivered them; to Him who " spake and it was done, who commanded and it stood fast." They who are thus happy in their new abodes (we are informed by the Bible) are the Children of Israel,...

...disputes in theology, their merits or demerits. The contrast to which I refer is this: Isthe Lord God "who spake and it was done : who commanded and it stood fast" ; that Lord whom Abraham knew and Moses recognized by name: whom Elijah called upon and Jesus addressed...

...thought of God reached by the ancient world, who thought of the worlds as formed by the word of God, Who spake and it was done, Who commanded and it stood fast, who held fast both to the transcendence of God, and to His dwelling with men, and His indwelling in...