 | Joseph Fincher - 1832 - 80 pages
...8. O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies ! NUMB. xxiv. 5. How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel ! JUDG. v. 31. So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord : but let them that love him be as the sun •when... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...hath said : 3 He hath said which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty: ^f 4 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob! and thy tabernacles, O Israel! 5 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of Jign aloes... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1833 - 722 pages
...and should be encouraged. Some are backward, not from a want of inclination, for they often sigh, " How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel ;" but they want confidence and help. How many are there in all our congregations of this character,... | |
 | 1833 - 548 pages
...of the Lord ;" or with Balaam, when he saw the people of God on the confines of the promised land, " How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob ! and thy tabernacles, O Israel ! " Nevertheless a work from a master as able as skilful would have to fear the vicissitudes of earthly... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 368 pages
...shall return no more to his house , neither shall his place know him any more." — Job vii. 9, 10. " How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob ! and thy tabernacles, O Israel ! As the valleys are they spread forth ; as gardens by the river-side ; as the trees of lign-aloes... | |
 | Matthew Anderson (M.A.) - 1834 - 344 pages
...as a young lion : he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey and drink the blood of the slain. How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side. Blessed is he that blesseth thee,... | |
 | Rev. John Petherick (of Totnes.) - Preaching - 1834 - 158 pages
...What hath God wrought?" Then shall the church of Christ exclaim with holy and devout admiration: " How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! as the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - Congregational churches - 1856 - 818 pages
...aspect; — until all who walk about her and behold her order and beauty shall be constrained to say : " How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel !" " As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side." On behalf of Uie committee,... | |
 | Joseph Sparkes, Member - Society of Friends - 1834 - 22 pages
...abiding in his tents, separate from the surrounding nations, that the emphatic exclamation was uttered, " How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob ! and thy tabernacles, O Israel ! As the valleys are they spread forth ; as gardens by the river's side ; as the trees of lign-aloes,... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1834 - 618 pages
...words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open : hief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to As the vallies are they spread forth, as gardens by the river side, as the trees of lign-aloes which... | |
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How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. 
