 | Job Scott - 1815 - 424 halaman
...venth and last seal, which leads into profound silence. ' And when he had opened the seventh ' seal, there was silence in heaven for the space ' of half an hour.'* Here ail the powers of the soul are silenced; every faculty of the creature, and all creaturely activity,... | |
 | William Williams - 1828 - 448 halaman
...that we often prayed that his will should be done on earth, as it was done in heaven; and we read that there was silence in heaven, for the space of half an hour;* and his will was, without doubt, done in heaven, so hath it been done on earth. Fourth-day.—Rode... | |
 | Alfred Addis - 1830 - 602 halaman
...most active of the two nations in war and conquest. SILENCE.—Quietness, Peace. Rev. viii. 1. And there was silence in heaven for the space of half an hour. God's justice was satisfied on the acceptation of his religion by the Roman Empire; and for a short... | |
 | 1828 - 588 halaman
...be hushed in blessée sti'lness. Who has not felt the beauty of that sentence (Rev. viii. 1.) " and there was silence in heaven for the space of half an hour What splendid images does it awaken! The ch -al symphonies of Cherubim and Seraphim we al a pause ;... | |
 | Henry William Lovett - 1831 - 272 halaman
...silence, wherein nothing is addressed to the eye or the ear. 1. " And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for the space of half an hour." rative is not concluded, nor is its continuation, like the opening of the sealed prophecies of Daniel,... | |
 | John (st.) - 1832 - 82 halaman
...he took a retrospective and prospective view of the vision. When the Lamb opened THE SEVENTH SEAL, there was silence in heaven for the space of half an hour. THE SEVENTH TRUMPET announced the advent. Here the BEASTS, or KINGS who formerly took the lead of the... | |
 | Joseph Mede - 1833 - 474 halaman
...the temple), by fumigation to the throne of God; and recalls them to His memory. In the mean time, " there was silence in heaven for the space of half an hour," according to the rites of the temple in performing a sacrifice of this nature. For it is evident, that... | |
 | John Keble - 1834 - 428 halaman
...portals of the sky Thine armies awfully repos'd. * Rev. viii. 1. When He had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in Heaven for the space of half an hour. And this deep pause, that o'er us now Is hovering—comes it not of Thee ? Is it not like a Mother's... | |
 | George Croly - 1838 - 404 halaman
...PROPHECY OF THE PEACE OF THE CHURCH. CHAPTER VIII. Verse 1. And when he had opened the seventh seal: there was silence in heaven for the space of half an hour'. INTERPRETATION. This is the era of the consummate triumph of Christianity. Her trials are done, and... | |
 | James P. Miller - 1839 - 536 halaman
...begin, by meditation on God, his works and word; thus the musician tunes his instrument before he plays. "There was silence in heaven for the space of half an hour, at the opening of the seventh seal," (Rev. viii. 1.) so when we begin to praise God, we ought to make... | |
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minister contended in the pulpit, that women never entered heaven, upon the ground, that as St. John in the Revelation, says, " there was silence in Heaven for the space of half an hour;" it was unreasonable to suppose that women were there, for they 
