 | Mary Roberts - 1829 - 414 pages
..." As the eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: so the Lord alone did lead thee, and there was no strange God in thee"—DEUTERONOMY, xxxii. 11, 12. THE Persian poet, Meskin... | |
 | William Lowfield Fancourt - 1830 - 554 pages
...eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings : so the Lord alone...lead him, and there was no strange God with him." • Such was the providential care with which the Almighty had guarded his chosen race, and which their... | |
 | 1853 - 1142 pages
...does. " As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings, so the Lord alone...lead him, and there was no strange god with him." The pious Mr. Jay has explained the allusions here made to natural history. The eaglets are fond of... | |
 | 1831 - 524 pages
...As an eagle stirreth up her nest and fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings ; so the Lord alone did lead them. " The quickness and certainty with which the eagle darts upon its prey, is an apt symbol of the... | |
 | George Bush - 1832 - 292 pages
...12. 'As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings ; so the Lord alone...lead him, and there was. no strange God with him.' As the ' eagle' is a symbol frequently used in the Scriptures to denote a monarchy or a king, and as... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - 1832 - 80 pages
...12 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings : So the Lord alone...did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. JEH. xxiii. 29Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breakcth the... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 684 pages
...eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings : so the Lord alone...did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. THE declarations of God in his word are the principal source from whence we derive our knowledge of... | |
 | 1832 - 1000 pages
...— " As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings ; so the LORD alone...lead him, and there was no strange god with -him." * We often find," said Mrs Cleveland, ' the same simile used to denote the dealings of our God towards... | |
 | Thomas Whittemore - 1832 - 390 pages
...and called my son out of Egypt." Hosea xi. 1. "So the Lord alone did lead him, (the house of Israel) and there was no strange God with him. He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields ; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out... | |
 | 1832 - 508 pages
...Deut. xxxii. 11, 12. As an eagle slirrelh up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings; so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. — The eagle is said to bear a peculiarly strong affection to her offspring, and to manifest this... | |
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He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth... 
