| Royal arch masons. Grand Chapter (Mich.) - 1886 - 1376 pagine
...and of cherished memories. The patriarch Jacob, in his vision, beheld a ladder extending from earth to heaven, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon it. Companions, let that vision become to each one of us a reality. When our eyes shall be closed upon... | |
| A L O. Sanders - 1887 - 330 pagine
...veiled land, at least what appeared to me as such, was opened to my sight ; but instead of the ladder set upon the earth, and the top of it reaching to heaven, and the angels ascending and descending on it, I saw only the ' glad ghost ' with whom I had so lately parted, standing... | |
| Alexander Roberts, Sir James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Allan Menzies - 1890 - 598 pagine
...unimpeded entrance to those who rise thither in faith. In olden time Jacob beheld a ladder erected reaching to heaven, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon it. But now, having been made man for man's sake, He who is the Friend of man has crushed with the foot... | |
| 1890 - 714 pagine
...Jacob rested his head upon a stone in the vale of Padan Aram, and in his dream saw a ladder raised to heaven and the angels of God ascending and descending upon it. Nobody can now find the spot where the bush grew, nor is the stony pillow anywhere to be seen ; but... | |
| Henry Martyn Field - 1890 - 338 pagine
...yet even then you may, like him, dream a dream in which you shall see a ladder reaching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon it. Dream on, weary sleeper ! There is more wisdom in your dreams than in the pride of your waking hours.... | |
| 1892 - 648 pagine
...happened to Jacob at Bethel. According to E, he had a dream, in which he saw a ladder reaching from earth to heaven, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon it, but heard no voice and received no verbal promise. J, on the other hand, knows nothing of any dream... | |
| William Garden Blaikie - 1894 - 534 pagine
...likely he had begun to cherish. In his dream lie sees something like a ladder, set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon it. The term " ladder " is hardly appropriate, for no such article admits of persons ascending and descending... | |
| Rev. A. Scott (of Rothbury.) - 1894 - 154 pagine
...were forcibly reminded of Jacob's dream : "And behold a ladder set up on the earth and the top reached to heaven ; and the angels of God ascending and descending upon it. And behold, the Lord stood above it, etc," (Gen. xxviii., 12-15.) The stones on which Jacob's head... | |
| H. A. St. John - 1894 - 576 pagine
...sinful man. John 6 : 38; Heb. 3:1. 14. Ladder.—In vision, Jacob saw a ladder reaching from earth to Heaven, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon it. Gen. 28 :10-15. Jesus said the angels ascended and descended upon the Son of man. Henee, Jesus is the... | |
| John Scott (clergyman.) - 1898 - 506 pagine
...Ever since Jacob slept at Bethel, and in divine vision saw a ladder set on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon it, the name has been invested with more than ordinary sacredness. But before I was old enough to know... | |
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