| 1830 - 1046 pages
...her table is always full. It is thus that, from the first time, ' the stork in the heavens hath known her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, have observed the time of their coming.' " But then comes Death — and how is it that the whole earth... | |
| R. Woolerton - 1831 - 198 pages
...obeyed the injunction of our Lord, " Take heed how ye hear." The text was Jeremiah, viii. 7. " Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." " Here," as she... | |
| Anne Knight - 1831 - 164 pages
...their kind ; And in its limits amply serves to prove Their GREAT CREATOR'S Wisdom, />oaw,and Love." The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and swallow, observe the time of their coming — Jeremiah, viii. 7. IN the afternoon, Mrs. Gray asked... | |
| 1845 - 670 pages
...tribes, and this disposition may be traced to a pnriod when the world was yet in its infancy. " The stork knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow, observe (he time of their coming." The augurs of ancient Rome were an important class of men, and the... | |
| 1832 - 378 pages
...increased." (Jer. v. 6.) Therefore they are delivered up unto creatures that act under Satan's power. " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." (viii. 7.) Those... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1832 - 430 pages
...the continent to breed in." Ib. v. 3, p. 12. (18) So the Jewish prophet represents and applies it — "The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the period of their coming; but my people will not know the judgment of Jehovah." Jerem. viii.... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...•lull lie down together. I to. xi. G, 7. The wolf and the lamb »hall feed together. Iso. Ixv. 20. Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times...; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming. Jer. viii. 7- "Wherein" (" I'M tlte A/it'el let down froitt hftivrn... | |
| S. Waring - 1832 - 280 pages
...never-failing obedience of the birds of the air, to the instinct with which they are endowed. " Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." We could scarcely... | |
| S. Waring - 1832 - 284 pages
...never-failing obedience of the birds of the air, to the instinct with which they are endowed. " Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." We could scarcely... | |
| James Hogg - 1832 - 396 pages
...spirit feels, For our two herds to take their heels ! MOUNT BENGEK, Stay 4, 1829. THE LAST STORK. " Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." JEREMIAH, viii.... | |
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