...medium, which seems to baffle the powers of human science, and says to the pride of human intellect, ' Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.' Here, indeed, the most brilliant and profound analysts have continually to guess their way,...

...on these resounding billows, one is impressed with the words of inspiration, to the mighty ocean, " Hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther ; and here shall thy proud 'i-nrif be stayed." The sea-birds, from the tiny peep, the long-legged snipe, the fine plovers, gray...

...swelling and tempest tossed element, the devout mind finds the inscription from an invisible power, " hitherto shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud wares be stayed." As the atmosphere is more easily agitated than water, doubtless both the Sun and...

...Being who holds its waters " in the hollow of his hand," and who has said to its foaming surges, " Hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." — Dick. SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A NAVAL OFFICER. (Continued from Page 88.) At day-light...

...achievements of their arts 'I — who shajl say, to the rolling tide of their prosperity,"thus far shalt thou come and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." Grateful and cheering is the prospect, in connection with the spreading power and wealth of...

...equally striking to the troubled elements. The Almighty sets bounds to the raging ocean, saying, " Hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." He regulates by his wisdom the intensity of the tempest, " staying his rough wind in the day...

...vindictive, they are sure, wicked men are governed by the same voice that controls the waves of the sea. " Hitherto shalt thou come, and no farther ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." Till covenant love consent, the children of God cannot be hurt in their person, their interest,...

...with all their host ; the earth, and all thing'arthat are therein; the seas, and all that is thereif; he said, Let them be, and it was so. He hath stretched forth the heavens. Ho hath founded the earth, and hung it upon nothing. He hath shut up the sea with doors, and said,...

...a large portion of the globe ? Reason joins with piety in the conclusion, that God saith, " Hither shalt thou come, and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." For the sake of authority, as well as for acquiring real strength to the argument, I shall...

...hills, like those on which St. Louis and Booneville stand, that can say to the mad water, " Hither shall thou come, and no farther ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed !" It is by the unceremonious chafing of the banks of the Missouri that the foresttrees are...