...to be the everlasting mirror of his own infinity. Then He appointed its metes and bounds, saying, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." It is a sublime thought that God conquered old Ocean then and shut it up in its prison-house....

...keeps them back ? " asked Annis. " God keeps them back, dear child. We read in His Word that He says, 'Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.' Yes, " ' He 'stablished it fast by a changeless decree, And made of soft sand a strong bar...

...it : such is the command which it has received, and which it obeys ; for the Lord has said to it : Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther : and here shall thy proud luaves be stayed. " The ocean, of depth impenetrable, and the worlds scattered beyond the ocean, are...

...Vermont troops ; on whose stern countenances was written, with something of Divine illumination, " Hitherto shalt thou come but no farther ; and here shall thy proud wave be staid," and Gettysburg was won. Where, according to the felicitous expression of one* of your...

...thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, And prescribed for it my decree, And set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther ; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed ? ALAS ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth, And constancy...

...with doors," asks Jahveh, " when I . . • . prescribed for it my decree, And set bars and doors, And said, ' Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther ; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed ? " (xxxviii. 8- u). Again, "Thou hast set them a bound that they may not pass over, that they...

...Semitic literature. "He gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment." "Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." Against this view protests have been raised for many centuries, but it is only within quite...

...thick darkness a swaddling band for it ; And prescribed for it My decree ; and set bars and doors ; and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed ? " (Job xxxviii. ln). And not only does He gather the waters of the sea together as an heap,...

...ages, and murmuring its hushed though everlasting defiance against that irresistible decree which has said, " Hitherto shalt thou come but no farther ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." With a firm yet light step the girl ascended the steep mountain path which led to the little...

...shore, far as eye can see, a land that makes no concession to the ocean with bay or inlet, but cries, "Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." There are the flat-roofed houses, and the orange groves, and the minaret, and the lighthouse...