...even the ears of one so long accustomed to the turbulence and grandeur of his wild profession. " ' Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand...of the earth ? Declare, if thou hast understanding. ' " The Rover gazed long and silently on the flushed countenance of the speaker. Bending his face in...

...the blessings had come. 780 -LOOKING-GLASS. 781 "The Almighty, in addressing Job, (ch. 38. 3,) says, 'Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.' People in the East often say to each other, ' "Well, Taraby, you have a difficult task before you;...

...It teaches the general ignorance of man, and his ignorance after discovery : " Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare if thou...stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations VOL. XXI. No. 81. 24 fastened ? or who hath laid the corner-stone thereof? When the morning stars sang...

...referred to on this point — a passage of unequalled sublimity, ch. 38 : 4-11 — Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? Declare if thou...understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knoweet ? Or who hath stretched the line upon it 1 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened1?...

...time, you have refused the invitations of mercy. I ask, what reason can you assign for your refusal ? " Gird up now thy loins like a man ; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me." On what ground can you justify your neglect of religion ? There are persons who neglect religion, and...

...as if in pain. "The voice of God thunders at them: "Mortal, thou hast taken too much upon thyself! Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee and declare thou unto me. "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the Earth? Declare, if thou hast...

...ominous of success." Travis, Autobiography, 54. 79. Elizabeth, Memoir, 9. Job 38:3 reads, "Gird up thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me." This is likely to have been the Bible reading Elizabeth referred to, and also accounts for Deborah...

...deliver. Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins...thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? (Job 38: 1-5) Who darkens counsel by giving counsel? Who obscures with words, when words were given...

...is written. Note the import of the questions propounded by God. "Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins...the earth ? declare, if thou hast understanding." "Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?" Job 38:2-4,...

...misfortunes that have befallen him, and God answers him out of the whirlwind: Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou...thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? . . . Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;...