 ... and the precious things put forth by the moon, and the chief things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the lasting hills, and the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof.  The Strand Magazine - Page 2071898Full view - About this book
 | 1845 - 786 pages
...alone, while his wife and family were gone to church. ' Here/ he touchingly says, ' I sometimes found the chief things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the everlasting hills resting indeed on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separated from his... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 640 pages
...satisfactions of the soul have their habitation in the celestial heights. Man must climb in order to secure ' the chief things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the lasting hills.'" One other extract:— " Death seems terrible to many because they think of it as an... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1803 - 524 pages
...the blessing of Moses corresponds with that of Jacob. See Deut. xxxii. 15, where he blesses them^br the chief things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the lasting hills.% • Set Expot. Pent. p. SOI. t See Le Cme, pp. 370, 371 ; Euay, 1727, p. 173 ; Bochart... | |
 | International peace society - 232 pages
...majestic processes of nature when it gradually upheaves continents, or patiently elaborates through ages " the chief things of the ancient mountains and the precious things of the lasting hills." Surely we as Christians need no proof that truth and right can prevail without the... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 600 pages
...mighty ones/ like perpetual mountains; they being given in possession to the sons of Israel, even ' the chief things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the lasting hills ;' Deut. xxxiii. 15. X. Observation. God takes an exact foreview of his people's portion... | |
 | 1853 - 1142 pages
...Heaven; the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and the precious things put forth by the moon, and the chief things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the lasting hills. The gigantic edifice and its innumerable and everchanging pictures which from above... | |
 | 1834 - 588 pages
...play the great leviathan ;" and a dull flat of even cultivated land could never have compensated for " the chief things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the everlasting hills." — (Deut. xxxiii. 15.) It is the sentence of Scripture as well as of mankind, that " a land of hills... | |
 | John Leifchild, Redford (Rev. Dr.) - 1838 - 466 pages
...sermons before us we cannot conceive. If, however, by doctrinal, they mean that Mr. Irons brings forth the chief things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the lasting hills ; that he fully and faithfully preaches all the grand doctrines of our holy faith, we... | |
 | Andrew Alexander Bonar, Robert Murray M'Cheyne - 1839 - 608 pages
...Raujeeb. Probably these were flourishing towns in the days when Joseph's portion was blessed with " the chief things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the lasting hills."* While we gazed upon these villages of the Samaritans, one of the most touching narratives... | |
 | 1843 - 722 pages
...plainly set forth in the ministry of the word in the present day. Indeed I hesitate not to say, that if the chief things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the everlasting hills, be either openly denied or kept in the back ground, there, I fearlessly say, the voice of God is not... | |
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