| George Horne - 1845 - 588 Seiten
...accomplishment of what he promises. " Look upon the rainbow," sailh the wise son of Sirach, " and praise him who made it : very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof: it compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it." Ecclus. xliii.... | |
| Thomas Griffiths - 1846 - 440 Seiten
...gratitude, in the stupendous arch of varied light, which so frequently spans the heavens as the rainbow. " Look upon the rainbow, and praise Him that made it;...brightness thereof; it compasseth the heavens about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it." The very limited extent to which... | |
| Thomas Griffiths - 1846 - 462 Seiten
...gratitude, in the stupendous arch of varied light, which so frequently spans the heavens as the rainbow. " Look upon the rainbow, and praise Him that made it;...brightness thereof; it compasseth the heavens about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it." The very limited extent to which... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 740 Seiten
...goodness to confirm our belief and confidence in God. " Look upon the rainbow," saya the son of Sirach, " and praise him that made it. Very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof; it compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Host High have bended it." It is a bow of... | |
| Nathaniel Morren - 1848 - 436 Seiten
...to which it is formed. "Look upon the rainbow," said an early Jewish writer, "Jehovah himself hath made it ; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it." Are you struck... | |
| Thomas George P. Hough - 1849 - 234 Seiten
...to heaven, • Hebrews vi. 17. and we may ever remember of what God hath made the bow a " token." " Look upon the rainbow, and praise Him that made it...it is in the brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it."" 1. We begin,... | |
| Joseph Belcher - 1849 - 490 Seiten
...preacher resumed the desk and his discourse, with this apposite quotation : " Look upon the rainbow ; praise him that made it. Very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof! It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle ; and the hands of the Most High have bended it." The remainder... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1849 - 484 Seiten
...magnificence, than the colours to its beauty, as it is very poetically described by the son of Sirach : " Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it ; very beautiful it is in its brightness ; it encompasses the heavens with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High... | |
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