...because it is founded upon a rock. But he is a foolish man, who builds his house upon the sand : for when the rains descend, and the floods come, and the winds blow, and beat upon that house, it will fall, and great will be the fall of it." The appeal, therefore, which...

...land of the living. But lies are no refuge from the storm, nor is falsehood a covert from the tempest. When the rains descend, and the floods come, and the winds blow, and beat upon such a house, it will fall; and great will be the fall of it, for wo to him that is alone,...

...the yielding sand instead of the solid rock, and tremendous indeed must be the final consequence: for when the rains descend, and the floods come, and the winds blow, our building will fall, our hope will disappoint us, and our eternal ruin be inevitable. But because...

...Oh, how little do ye deem the British Constitution, who think that it is built upon the sand, which, when the rains descend, and the floods come, and the winds blow, and beat upon it, that it shall fall — No, Gentlemen ! When the rains descend, when the floods come,...

...have built, if the edifice has been constructed upon the deceitful foundation of natural purity, ' when the rains descend, and the floods come, and the winds blow, and beat against that house it will fall, and the ruin of it will be great.' I shall expose the moral...

...buildings are composed, however graceful their design, and however elaborate their superstructure, yet when the rains descend, and the floods come, and the winds blow, and beat upon that house, it shall fall, and great shall be the fall of it. But of those who do build...

...the good or the corrupt tree. May we make it our care to build upon Christ, the Rock 01 ages, that when the rains descend, and the floods come, and the winds blow and buat upon the house of our hope, it may not fall, being fuundec on a rock. And in the meantime,...

...They are not upon the foundation, the Rock of Ages. Their happiness is built upon sand, against which when the 'rains descend, and the floods come, and the winds blow, it will fall. When the evil day comes, these careless sinners have nothing to rest upon. When affliction...

...Christ : they shall not be moved. They have built upon the right foundation, ihe Rock of ages; and, when the rains descend, and the floods come, and the winds blow and beat upon their dwelling, it shall stand firm. In the fine weather of prosperity, the cares of...

...Why, those who embrace it, are deeply injured — ruined ! They build upon a foundation of sand ; and when the rains descend, and the floods come, and the winds blow, their house will fall, and great will be the fall. Now what are the probabilities in the case ? Univer...