...REASON AND SCRIPTURE. 295 operations will be utterly destroyed. " Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon ? purged thy floor from all things that offend...

...Isaiah we find the Church pleading with God in allusion to it : i! Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon ? Art thou not it which hath dried the sea,...

...and his truth?" Let us address him in the language of the church : " Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Bahab and wounded the dragon?" " Where is thy strength, the sounding of thy...

...what confident expectation was manifested by God's Church of old : " Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old ! Art thou not it which hath dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep ; that hath made the depths of...

...be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. 9 IT Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Jlrl thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon ? 10 Jlrt thou not it which hath dried...

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...as they are able, to help themselves. Hence, when the Church of old cried to him, " Awake, awake, O arm of the Lord ! awake as in the ancient days, in the generations of old !" he replied, " Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem !" and again, " Awake, awake, put on thy strength,...

...to the people inhabiting the wilderness." Isaiah, ch. li. v. 9, "Awake, awake ! put on strength, O arm of the Lord! Awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not he that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon ?" Ezek. c. xxix. v. 3, " I am against thee,...

...Isaiah we find the Church pleading with God in allusion to it : " Awake, awake, put on strength, О arm of the Lord ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thounot it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon ? Art thou not it which hath dried the sea,...

...save." The scriptures are full of such impassioned aspirations. " Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon ? " * Then succeed versicles, in which praise...