Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it. The Yale Literary Magazine - Pagina 2931844Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Thomas Griffiths - 1846 - 462 pagina’s
...arch of varied light, which so frequently spans the heavens as the rainbow. " Look upon the rainbow, and praise Him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof; it compasseth the heavens about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it." The very limited... | |
| Thomas Griffiths - 1846 - 440 pagina’s
...arch of varied light, which so frequently spans the heavens as the rainbow. " Look upon the rainbow, and praise Him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof; it compasseth the heavens about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it." The very limited... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1846 - 508 pagina’s
...sight of which the little child claps his hands, — that arrowless bow which " encompasseth the sky with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it." On the green, glad, and glittering earth, and between the father Sun, and the fairest of his daughters,... | |
| Mark Hopkins - 1847 - 528 pagina’s
...praise Him that made it : very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof. It compasseth the heavens about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it." How apparently instantaneous, yet how different, are our emotions when looking at the cheek flushed... | |
| Nathaniel Morren - 1848 - 436 pagina’s
...to which it is formed. "Look upon the rainbow," said an early Jewish writer, "Jehovah himself hath made it ; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof....circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it." Are you struck with its varied and finely arranged colours? Think of the variety and value of blessings... | |
| George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1848 - 488 pagina’s
...He promises. " Look upon the rainbow," saith the wise son of Sirach, " and praise him who made ij : very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof: it...circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it :" Ecclus. xliii. 11. But let us not forget likewise, when we look upon the rainbow, to praise Him... | |
| Thomas George P. Hough - 1849 - 234 pagina’s
...vi. 17. and we may ever remember of what God hath made the bow a " token." " Look upon the rainbow, and praise Him that made it ; very beautiful it is...circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it."" 1. We begin, then, by remarking, that the rainbow is generally regarded as the emblem of Hope. This... | |
| Joseph Belcher - 1849 - 490 pagina’s
...preacher resumed the desk and his discourse, with this apposite quotation : " Look upon the rainbow ; praise him that made it. Very beautiful it is in the...; and the hands of the Most High have bended it." The remainder of the services were well calculated to sustain that elevated feeling which had been... | |
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