 | David Alfred Doudney - 1858 - 200 pages
...exclaimed, " Surely, the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. And he was afraid and said, How dreadful is this place ! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." " And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this... | |
 | John Hullett - 1858 - 460 pages
...the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not !" and then, by another effort, we add — "How dreadful is this place ! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." If ever this kind of thing flits across our experience, it surely is when we come... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1858 - 698 pages
...forsake the assembling of ourselves together. What solemnity should pervade this worship! "Howawful is this place ! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven !" " Let us draw near" to God in heaven — in the holiest itself, where He manifests... | |
 | Edward William Shalders - God - 1858 - 82 pages
...— " Surely the Lord is in this place and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." Gen. xii. 8. comp. w. Gen. xxviii. 10-17. Passing on to the times " when Israel... | |
 | George Patterson - Missionaries - 1859 - 566 pages
...that this and that man was born here." Multitudes there have been constrained to say, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." To no class were these services more interesting than to the Highlanders, who... | |
 | Biblical liturgy - 1859 - 284 pages
...throne | is in | heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the | children-of | men. How | dread-ful | is this | place ! This is none other than the | house of | God, And this | is the | gate of | heaven. This is the hill which God de- | -sireth to | dwell in ; He hath desired it... | |
 | Joseph Esmond Riddle - 1859 - 366 pages
...and made a solemn renewal of the covenant promise. Filled with awe, Jacob exclaimed, " How dreadful is this place ! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." He then called the place Bethel (house of God); and vowed to dedicate it to the... | |
 | Sylvester Graham - Food in the Bible - 1859 - 360 pages
...said, Surely, Jehovah is in this place and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." Now to suppose that the views and feelings of Jacob on this occasion, approached... | |
 | Jean Vanier - Religion - 2004 - 364 pages
...sleep, he said: "Surely the Lord is in this place and I did not know it. " Then he added: "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God and this is the gate of heaven." Gen 28:16-17 The cry of humanity expressed by the prophet Isaiah has come true:... | |
 | David A. deSilva - Religion - 2004 - 980 pages
...On waking he declares, "Surely the LORD is in this place — and 1 did not know it! ... How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven" (Gen 28:16-17 NRSV). For John, it is the Son of Man, Jesus, who becomes the house... | |
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How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 
