 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.  Memorials of a Half-century - Страница 541по Bela Hubbard - 1887 - 581 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 страници
...and unaffected ease, Each nameless grace, and every power to please. Nor. 1, 1763. ON THE RAINBOW. " Look upon the Rainbow, and praise him that made it: very beautiful is it in the brightness thereof." — Eccles. xliii. 11. ON morning or on evening cloud impress'd,... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1838 - 350 страници
...sounds does Nature utter! How fair and majestic the scenes which the material universe presents ! We look upon the rainbow, and praise Him that made it;...circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it. We adore Thee for the happiness Thou dost connect with certain states of the mind ; with the performances... | |
 | Light - 1838 - 298 страници
...connexion with colours, another object cannot fail to be remembered. " Look," says the son of Sirach, " upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it ; very...it is in the brightness thereof: it compasseth the heavens with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it." The Hebrews used a... | |
 | 1838 - 534 страници
...not rest in the proximate cause, but raised his thoughts to Him who placeth his bow in the heavens ; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof; it...compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hand of the Most High hath bended it. This is the case with all of us, in proportion to our progress... | |
 | John Gillies - 1838 - 728 страници
...the heavens a magnificent arch of peace. Rising, and pointing to the beautiful object, he exclaimed, "Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it....Very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof. It cornpasseth the heavens about with glory ; and the hands of the Most High have bended it.'' No wonder... | |
 | Frances S. Parker - 1839 - 100 страници
...contemplating than a rainbow ; very beautiful is it in the brightness thereof ; it eompasseth the heavens about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most high have bended it.'§ • Jer. xxxi. 31-34. f J°b- xxiii. 6. t Gen. ix. 12—17. § Eccles. xliii. 11. 12. Ernest — '... | |
 | Henry Edward J. Howard (hon.) - 1840 - 340 страници
...son of Sirach speaks in such high terms of merited admiration. " Look upon the rainbow," he says, " and praise Him that made it : very beautiful it is...circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it." * The rainbow exists only when rain falls in drops ; and if that opening of the windows of heaven which... | |
 | THOMAS WEMYSS - 1840 - 560 страници
...skies. And from his half till'd field the labourer flies." " Look upon the rainbow, and praise Him who made it, Very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof;...circle, And the hands of the Most High have bended it." There is a reference to the rainbow, though not named, in Isaiah liv. 9, 10. Ezek. i. 28, " As the... | |
 | Thomas Wemyss - 1840 - 536 страници
...skies. And from his half till'd field the labourer flies." " Look upon the rainbow, and praise Him who made it, Very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof;...circle, And the hands of the Most High have bended it." There is a reference to the rainbow, though not named, in Isaiah liv. 9, 10. Ezelv. i. 28, " As the... | |
 | Andrew Preston Peabody - 1840 - 184 страници
...At the commandment of the Holy One they all stand in their order, and never faint in their watches. Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it...in the brightness thereof. It compasseth the heaven with a glorious circle, and the hands of the Most High have bended it. He maketh the snow to fall apace,... | |
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