...nothing but peace, and innocence, and heaven. Man was holy, and hence the world was happy. The wolf could dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid ; the calf, and the fatling, and the young lion, could have been governed by a little child, and the...

...influence of a general prevalence of those great principles for which they suffered, when " the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid, and the young lion with the calf and the fading:" when the sucking child shall play upon the hole of the asp, and the...

...and Turk, would embrace, and the desired period of prophetic vision would come, when " the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid, and the lion eat straw like the ox." Without at all overlooking the honour of those who take a city, or undervaluing...

...steal. Warlike weapons will be unknown in a region of universal love and peace, where " the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and...

...froward meek, the angry patient, the peevish and morose sweet and compliant, how doth it make the " wolf dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid?" Isa. xL 6. And it is not enough considered how great a lustre is put upon the exercise of love, when...

...earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the lion and the failing together ; and a little child shall lead them."2 " And in this mountain...

...be considered individually or. collectively, the wolf may lose his fierceness, and dwell peaceably with the lamb ; and the leopard lie down with the kid; and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling be together; and the whole be led by a little child;— that...

...far as to Bethany " and to the great forth-sending ; and forward to the time when " the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid." And " Station " has a comfortable sound. It tells of meadow and stream and fold — of rest for weary wandering...

...the gospel and feel its power, is a striking accomplishment of the prophecy, that ' the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid.' A further and remarkable account of these people appears in the following extract from Mr. Ellis's...

...and their spears into pruning-hooks "; neither would "they learn war any more." Then might " the wolf dwell with the lamb ; and the leopard lie down with the kid." " The calf, and the young lion, and the fatling " might herd " together ; and a little child lead them."...