 | Church of England - 1849 - 1236 pages
...wailing. And in all vineyards .•//.•'•'/ be wailing : for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. X Y J iv it for you ? the day of the LORD it darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee fron i lion, ¿nd... | |
 | Edward Payson - 1849 - 622 pages
...desire it impatiently, or hasten it by violence, I shall only mention one passage of Scripture. Wo unto you that desire the day of the Lord, to what end is it for you 1 the day of the Lord is as darkness, and not light As if a man fled from a bear, and... | |
 | Charles Beecher - 1849 - 272 pages
...refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap, and he will come near unto you to judgment. " Wo, therefore, unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! To what end is it for you, ye sorcerers, ye adulterers, ye false swearers, and ye oppressors of the hireling in... | |
 | 1850 - 492 pages
...of dreadful revelations to them. To such we might offer the expostulations of the prophet Amos : " Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and... | |
 | Isaac Williams - 1851 - 322 pages
...earnest care going with it, such a Prayer were but that hypocrisy, of which the Prophet Amos speaks, " Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD ! to what end is it for you ? The day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. Even very dark, and no brightness in... | |
 | John Watson Adams, Joel Parker - 1851 - 382 pages
...will never forget any of their works. For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins. Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord. To what end is it for you ? The day of the Lord is darkness and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1855 - 504 pages
...vouchsafed, and decry the ordinary methods of procedure, because they are within our reach, and have already been crowned with success. To such the language of...Amos may be addressed with propriety : — Woe unto ymi that desire the day of the Lord ! tc what end is it for you ? The day of the Lurd is darkness,... | |
 | John Fox - 1855 - 268 pages
...wish for the woeful day ? God forbid. Now your condition may be changed, then it will be stated : woe, woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! to what end is it for you ; the day of the Lord is darkness and not light, Amos v. 18. A day of gloominess, a day... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1856 - 352 pages
...seemed to come pealing down directly from the thick canopy of pines over the heads of the ministers. " Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! To what end shall it be for you? The day of the Lord shall be darkness, and not light ! Blow ye the trumpet in... | |
 | Benjamin Seth Youngs - 1856 - 682 pages
...and darkness are figures of trouble and blindness of mind! And therefore said the prophet Amos, "Wo unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darkness and not light." This was plainly represented by the... | |
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Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. 
