 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - Bethany (W. Va.) - 1842 - 588 pages
...who is God, save the Lord? And who is a rock, save our Godl 31,33. 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? 1 Kings viii. 27. For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;... | |
 | John Kitto - 1871 - 794 pages
...inhabitance which had been 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... | |
 | Robert Drummond B. Rawnsley - 1871 - 328 pages
...insensible to that lofty utterance of the great templebuilder of old. ' 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 ?' No ; but it is a sense of fitness, of propriety, of what is... | |
 | William Woods Smyth - Bible and science - 1873 - 412 pages
...David found such knowledge too wonderful for him, and Solomon says: " But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee, much less this house which I have built." ("The heaven and heaven of heavens," Heb. Hashshamaim ushmei... | |
 | Henry Boyle Bernard (hon.) - 1874 - 68 pages
...dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. 19 " 27. — 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 1 have huilded ! " 28. — Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant,... | |
 | Church of England services, special, 1634 - 1874 - 54 pages
...firft Temple that ever was. It is true indeed, and will GOD dwell with man upon earth ? Behold heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee, how much lefs this Houfe, which we have built ? Have refpe£t therefore to the prayer of Thy fervants, and to their fupplications,... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - Jews - 1874 - 756 pages
...and material worship, was uttered one of the most spiritual truths that the Old Testament contains. v Behold the Heaven and the Heaven of Heavens can"not contain Thee ; how much less this house that I 1 1 Pet ii. 5 ; Eph. ... 20, 21 ; IT. * Joseph. Ant. zv. 11, 8. 16 ; Rev. iil.... | |
 | International Sunday School Lessons - 1875 - 228 pages
...God should condescend so low is put impressively : " But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have huilt?" So, also, the culmination of the prayer by invoking the entrance... | |
 | William Rathbone Greg - Bible - 1875 - 284 pages
...hand while I pass by ! And I will take away mine hand, and thou But will God in very deed dwell on the earth ? Behold the Heaven, and the Heaven of Heavens, cannot contain Thee ; how much less this House that I have builded !— 1 Kings viii. 27. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit ? or... | |
 | Select thoughts, Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1875 - 858 pages
...admiration. Again : Solomon asks with great pathos — " But will God in very deed dwell with man upon the earth? Behold ! the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee ! " What solemn suitability do such passages afford to ouv devotions in connection with due thoughts... | |
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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... 
