...said, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for...

...Patriarch felt, when he awoke from his dream, and cried out in rapture, " Surely the Lord *' is in this place ! This is none other than the house '' of God, and this is the gate of heaven ?'* Secondly, Let us view the effect of religious institutions upon men, with regard...

...interrupt our most sacred exercises ! ;Whatia motive. .to exclaim, as the patriarch Jacob ; Hoio dreadful is this place ! This is none other than .the house of God, and this is •the gate of heaven. ,'r JaMo '' // : iw.n; »tt II. Moses required the Israelites in renewing their...

...divine dream or vision, represented himself to me, unexpectedly in this place. XXVIII. 17 How dreadfuls this place ! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. How full of awe and reverend respect is this place, which God hath thus sanctified...

...interrupt our most sacred exercises ! What a motive to exclaim, as the patriarch Jacob ; How dreadful is this place ! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. II. Moses required the Israelites in renewing their covenant with God, to consider...

...said, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." Peter also had something of the same experience when he exclaimed — " Depart...

...the top of it reaching to heaven, and the angels of God ascending and descending on it ; " How awful is this place ! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven !"* And with the disciples, when they beheld our Lord transfigured before them,...

...forgeiful of all his earthly troubles and wrapt into ecstasy divine, he exclaimed, "Surely the Lord is in this place; this is none other than the house of God, and this the gate of Heaven!" The Building thus commenced, is but the centre of the whole design— being only...

...of the out-pouring of the Holy Spirit. Like the waking Patriarch we couh'. exclaim, " Mow dread* ful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is4he gate of heaven." By request of the church, I promised to pri-ach for them on the first eahbath...

...the Patriarch felt when he awoke from his dream, and cried out in rapture, " Surely the Lord is in this place-! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heareu !" II. Let us view the eftcct of religious institutions upon men, with regard to...