All sacrifices do but speed forward that great day, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. Sermons - Page 269by George Buist - 1809Full view - About this book
| American Bible Society - 1877 - 752 pages
...weary, but encourage you by attesting how hand in hand we work in the common expectation of the day, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as " the waters fill the sea." The chaplain of this society, labouring in Portland, Oregon, reports as follows: Through... | |
| England - 1832 - 1102 pages
...must yield to the Cross. The kingdom of Satan is coming to an end ; and the time is not far distant when " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." And not the least important of the circumstances that at present favour us, is this, that the Protestants... | |
| British and Foreign Bible Society - Bible - 1817 - 492 pages
...the Committee of your Society, praying, that the glory of that Society may be daily increasing, until the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters do the sea. With these wishes, I remain, dear Sir, Your's, very truly, No. XXXIII. From a Correspondent... | |
| 1817 - 522 pages
...and all his other agents. And, in his own good time, the promise shall be altogether fulfilled, and " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." We here dismiss the topic on which, though, with much reluctance, we have felt it our... | |
| 1818 - 860 pages
...apology whatever. Mauy of them will unite with me in a fervent prayer for the speedy arrival of that period, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters the channels of the deep ; when the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord and... | |
| Liberalism (Religion) - 1818 - 826 pages
...apology whatever. Many of them will unite with me in a fervent prayer for the speedy arrival of that period, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters the channels of the deep ; when the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord and... | |
| 1818 - 594 pages
...not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. And the times are at hand, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. MN For th» Panoplist. MOTIVES FOB CHRISTIAN KXEUTION. Ii we want motives for exertion,... | |
| Hosea Ballou - Sermons, American - 1818 - 432 pages
...another ; the vail then will be gone, there will be no unbelief, and of course no hardness of heart. The knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea. Will the advocate for limited salvation, and the endless misery of mankind pretend,... | |
| William Johnson Fox - Christianity - 1819 - 344 pages
...characters in the decrees of heaven, and to which the golden index of prophecy continually points, when the ' knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the seas,' and the reign of truth, freedom, virtue and happiness, shall be universal and everlasting."... | |
| Theology - 1819 - 788 pages
...of God ; they help us in the great work in which we are all engaged, to hasten that glorious day, " when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." The two original societies were in fact, if not in name, Auxiliary to the Parent Institution... | |
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