...incredible. No philologist can ever believe it. " Then as to the taste of such a conceit. The Creator. ' who spake and it was done ; who commanded and it stood fast,' who said, 'let there be light, and light was;' this great and glorious Creator — the Almighty God,...

...visible universe, and instinctively shrink into insignificance before him who made them by his word, who " spake, and it was done — who commanded, and it stood fast." When considering the appointed succession of the seasons, there can be no impropriety in availing ourselves...

...of spring is a fit subject for praise, and gratitude, towards that great Governor of the universe, who " spake, and it was done ;" who " commanded, and it stood fast." We have already mentioned our having been spared to enjoy the luxuries of one more spring : that should...

...of spring is a fit subject for praise, and gratitude, towards that great Governor of the universe, who "spake, and it was done;" who "commanded, and it stood fast." We have already mentioned our having been spared to enjoy the luxuries of one more spring : that should...

...things were created by an invisible Almighty Being, great in counsel, and wonderful in operation ; who spake and it was done ; who commanded and it stood fast. Man, the crowning work of this creative miracle, was placed in authority over all inferior things,...

...nonexisting materials produced the globe which we inhabit, and the globes by which we are surrounded ; who " spake, and it was done , who commanded, and it stood fast,'' Psa. xxxiii. 9. Think of the goodness of Him whose " tender mercies are over all his works," Psa. cxlv....

...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 coramandeth the sun, and it rises not, and sealeth up the stars ! What...

...recognition of the Saviour's deity, for such power belongeth not to a mere man, but only to that great being who " spake, and it was done ; who commanded, and it stood fast," Psalm xxxiii. 9. The argument which he employs to illustrate the amount of his confidence in the Saviour's...

...peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, meekness, faith, and temperance," Gal. v. 22, 23, but he who "spake, and it was done;" who " commanded and it stood fast!" Can you do it? Can any man do it ? Let him make the experiment. And to make it under the most favourable...

...discovery of a spiritual Being, the Creator of all, who said, " Letthere 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...