 | Baptists - 1827 - 478 pages
...encourage the hearts of Ms children to do good and «ommunicate, until the glorious time shall arrive, when the knowledge of the .! Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters do the channels of the mighty deep. While your prayers and alms for the heathen world, may come up as a memorial... | |
 | Bourne Hall Draper - Conduct of life - 1827 - 270 pages
...said, that ' the kingdoms of the world shall become the kingdoms of our God and of his Christ;' and that ' the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea.' " " The Druids must have taken a great deal of pains, Sir," said Emma, " to rear the... | |
 | Zachary Macaulay - Antislavery movements - 1827 - 416 pages
...may be one means, though a secondary one, of preparing the way for the approach of that day when " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea." Several Clergymen and Gentlemen then eloquently addressed the Meeting, and moved and... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1827 - 566 pages
...mankind generally will be not only converted, but carried forward in the duties of the Divine life, until "the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the seas — " then their piety will be in accordance with this increased measure of knowledge.... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Church history - 1828 - 210 pages
...originally formed."* We have many prophecies in the Bible respecting this time, the prophet declares that " The knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea," and, " all shall know the Lord from the least unto the greatest." This world which... | |
 | James Jones (minister.) - 1828 - 228 pages
...and at the pace at which it has hitherto been propagated, ages after ages must yet roll along, before the knowledge of the Lord shall cover 'the earth as the waters cover the sea. Every man must teach his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord,... | |
 | Thomas Wright (of Borthwick, Scotland.) - Lord's Supper - 1828 - 464 pages
...blessings, shall be far more widely diffused, — and when, indeed, in the interesting words of Scripture, the " knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea." It is a fact, in the third place, that since the death of Christ, mankind have obtained... | |
 | New Jerusalem Church - 1828 - 84 pages
...character, would be perhaps more laborious than useful ; but the import of all may be perceived in one. " The knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea." The expectation of superior light on theological subjects would be freed from all suspicion... | |
 | William Orme - Clergy - 1828 - 278 pages
...joyful anticipation, to that time, when, in the language of the prophecy which has foretold its coming, "the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the channel of the deep." And then, under the influence of that pure and elevated morality, which... | |
 | William Orme - Clergy - 1828 - 310 pages
...joyful anticipation to that time when, in the language of the prophecy which has foretold its coming, "the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the channel of the deep." And then, under the influence of that pmfe and elevated ~ raorality... | |
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God would gloriously display his power and love, in the fulfilment of his gracious promise that " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea. 
