 | Galilee - Church and the world - 1836 - 136 pages
...the temple of the Lord. The royal Solomon asked, " but will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded." With a feeling somewhat similar, I approach this sacred structure.... | |
 | Convers Francis - Church dedication - 1836 - 92 pages
...through all space and time'? " Behold," said the king of Israel, following out this natural thought, " the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house, which I have builded." But here it should be remembered, that, when we speak of the... | |
 | John Leland - Bible - 1837 - 532 pages
...people of Israel who were convened on that occasion ; ' But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain Thee, how much less this. house which I have builded ?' 1 Kings viii. 13, 27. When Hezekiah addressed himself solemnly... | |
 | William Ellis - Gift books - 1837 - 284 pages
...the sublime simplicity of his -own powerful mind, " But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded !" He then proceeds to call upon the Lord in language as reverential... | |
 | John Leland - Bible - 1837 - 524 pages
...people of Israel who were convened on that occasion ; ' But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded ?' 1 Kings viii. 13, 27. When Hezekiah addressed himself solemnly... | |
 | Eleanor C. Agnew - 1837 - 450 pages
...law : saying with Solomon, " Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? For if the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built? But have regard to thy servant, and to his supplications, oh Lord,... | |
 | Elizabeth Constantia Agnew - English fiction - 1839 - 336 pages
...law: saying with Solomon, " Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth 1 For if the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee, how much Jess this house which I have built ? But have regard to thy servant, and to his supplications, oh Lord,... | |
 | John Kitto - Jews - 1841 - 640 pages
...so forcibly brought before his mind, he cries — " But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold the heaven, and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!" The king had no sooner concluded his prayer than a fire from... | |
 | Christian life - 1843 - 142 pages
...not merely a figure ? — " will he in very deed, and literally; dwell with men on the earth! Behold the heaven, and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee ; how much less this house which I have built. Will the divine Omnipresence take up his dwelling here ? Is not... | |
 | John Mason Neale - Monasticism and religious orders - 1843 - 236 pages
...priests—the press of worshippers in the nave—the crowds without —the choral service—the anthem, " the heaven, and the heaven of heavens cannot contain THEE, how much less this house!"—the numbers that pressed to the Holy Communion—the astonishing sums bestowed... | |
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But will God indeed dwell on the earth .' Behold the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded... 
