| Old Humphrey - London (England) - 1799 - 372 pages
...hollow of his hand can alone save her crew from destruction! He has commanded the winds to cease. " He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof...they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired heaven," Psalm cvii. 29, 30. When we see the reckless life that sailors too often lead, and when we... | |
| Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...masts, and sing thro' every shroud : Pale, " to and fro like a drunken man, and are at their wits" end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, " and...desired haven. Oh ! ** that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and " for his wonderful works to the children of men !" Shakespeare has, with inimitable... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 314 pages
...because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and...a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then they are glad, because they be quiet, so he bringeth them unto their desired haven*." ' By the way... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 408 pages
...because oi' trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and...a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then they are glad, because they be quiet, so he bringeth them unto their desired haven." ' By the way,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and...a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then they are glad because they be quiet, so he bringeth them to their desired haven. ' " By the way, how... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 506 pages
...the LORD in their trouble, and 29 he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm 30 a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then...be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired 31 haven. Oh that [men] would praise the LOUD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to... | |
| Francis Collins - Mediterranean Region - 1809 - 354 pages
...cry unto the Lord in their trouble, " and he bringeth them out of their dis" tresses. He makeththe storm a calm, so " that the waves thereof are still....wonderful works "to the children of men!" Psalm cvii. Alas ! how seldom is the latter part verified by the generality of seamen. The storms and mountainous... | |
| Henry Venn - Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel - 1810 - 280 pages
...because of trouble : they reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble and he...quiet. So he bringeth them unto their desired haven." A more majestic description of almighty power, cannot be found. Yet this very scripture, without altering... | |
| Henry Venn - Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel - 1810 - 280 pages
...because of trouble : they reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble and he...they glad, because they be quiet. So he bringeth them ainto their desired haven." A more majestic description of almighty power, cannot be found. Yet this... | |
| Rev. William Smith - Missions - 1813 - 296 pages
...Theu they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He raaketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still....quiet, so he bringeth them unto their desired haven." The following day a light breeze springing up, wafted us to the mouth of the river Thames, and at 11... | |
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