 | William Rogers - 1873 - 746 pages
...wailing : for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. The condemnation of hypocrisy and idolatry. 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... | |
 | 1875 - 422 pages
...it were, even the sun in its splendour. To them the words of the prophet Amos would fully apply—" 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." How can it be otherwise ? How is it... | |
 | Philip Antoine De Teissier - 1875 - 184 pages
...cautious to avoid more hopeless sorrow in the future ? Is not this the spirit of God's own witness — " 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... | |
 | John Keble - 1875 - 500 pages
...God and keep it." pp. 233—242. SERMON XXIV. TO BE WITHOUT GOD, UTTER DARKNESS. 1852. AMOS v. 18. " 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." " pp. 243—252. SERMON XXV. SELF-EXAMINATION... | |
 | Thomas Spalding - 1877 - 512 pages
...his adversaries " (Jer. xlvi. 10). The prophet Amos, referring to the destruction of Samaria, says, " "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). The prophet Joel, predicting... | |
 | John R. Caldwell - 1878 - 204 pages
...keep His first coming in such joyful festivals, how will you greet the second advent of the Lord 1 " woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! To what end is it for you ? Th day of the Lord is darkness and not light". (Am. v. 18.) What can I say to you ?... | |
 | Thomas Bradbury - 1879 - 644 pages
...Dark, gloomy, and terrible is the experience of the awakened sinner, so that Amos might well say, " Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it to you? the day of the LORD is darkness and not light." Now turn with me to that glorious new... | |
 | F. C. Blyth - 1881 - 402 pages
...Prayer aright, who is not able to look forward to that day with joy and hope ! as it is written : " Woe unto you that desire the Day of the Lord ! to what end is it for you 1 The Day of the Lord is darkness and not light. Shall not the Day of the Lord be darkness... | |
 | Horatius Bonar - 1881 - 408 pages
...patience. God, by his prophet Amos (v. 18) speaks of this day, and of those who look for it, thus, " Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord, to what end is it for you ? " As if he would say, Ye know not what ye are doing ; why do you desire that day ?... | |
 | B. Walker - 1881 - 304 pages
...thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book' (Dan. xii. 1). ' 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... | |
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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. 
