| John Wesley, George Story - Christianity - 1818 - 934 pages
...or conceive his Omnipotence ? He spake, and it was done ! He commanded, and it stood fast! He holds the winds in his fist, and the waters in the hollow of his hand ! He weigheth the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ; he taketh up the isles as... | |
| Missions - 1799 - 358 pages
...meet with, we are by no means discouraged, but can cheerfully give ourselves up unto Him who holdeth the winds in his fist, and the waters in the hollow of his hand. " When we extend our view across the great Atlantic Ocean, and contemplate the more southern... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1800 - 570 pages
...things ?' But I was enabled to derive comfort and encouragement from the confidence that He who holdeth the winds in his fist, and the waters in the hollow of his hand, can preserve from every evil."—Another writes, " I felt deeply when leaving my native country,... | |
| Francis Collins - Mediterranean Region - 1809 - 354 pages
...but unexpectedly and suddenly rescued from, impending death, by that gracious Being, who 44 " holds the winds in his fist, and the waters in the hollow of his hand." After passing this dangerous navigation, a delightful prospect opens to view, which having just... | |
| Elizabeth Ussher - Christian biography - 1812 - 172 pages
...the gaudy plumes of the butterfly. We must trust almighty power for the safety of dear He who holds the winds in his fist, and the waters in the hollow of his hand in able and I trust willing to protect bin. LETTER VIII. To her Mother. Jan. 29, 1796, I LOOK.... | |
| Rev. William Smith - Missions - 1813 - 296 pages
...even we should arrive safe on shore. But, how gracious and merciful is the Lord of Hosts, who holds the winds in his fist, and the waters in the hollow of his hand, in appearing in this awful period, when we expected immediate destruction! For, in the most critical... | |
| Joshua Marsden - Bermuda Islands - 1816 - 324 pages
...vast Atlantic, having sailed 1300 miles in the last seven: let him have all the praise who "holdeth the winds in his fist, and the waters in the hollow of his hand." We have Ireland under our lee, and the Scilly Islands ahead; are going with close-reefed top... | |
| Henry Moore - Christian biography - 1818 - 472 pages
...gave me to see the whole Universe so under his command, as I cannot express. I saw him as " holding the winds in his fist," and " the waters in the hollow of his hand." And thatj sooner all nature should change, than one of God's promises fail. 1 am naturally inexpressibly... | |
| Christian life - 1863 - 350 pages
...forgetting, or rather ignorant of Him who has " made the seas and all that are therein," who " holds the winds in his fist, and the waters in the hollow of his hand." I had not been long engaged thuw, when a voice near me saying in French, " A melancholy sight,... | |
| James Hervey - Devotional literature - 1825 - 396 pages
...enr deafened by the roaring thunders, and the bellowing tempest ? Cry, cry unto Him, who " holdeth the winds in his fist, and the waters in the hollow of his hand." He is allgracious to hear, and almighty to save. If he command, the storm shall be hushed to... | |
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