Elijah the ProphetHarper, 1875 - 217 pages |
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... in the first place , how insidious is the growth of sin , whether it be in the heart of an individual or in the history of a nation . Behold the idolatry of Israel , But full - fledged and unblushing , in the Baalism 18 ELIJAH THE PROPHET .
... in the first place , how insidious is the growth of sin , whether it be in the heart of an individual or in the history of a nation . Behold the idolatry of Israel , But full - fledged and unblushing , in the Baalism 18 ELIJAH THE PROPHET .
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... behold , I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee . " Now , obedience to this com- mand required that he should cross the entire tract of Israel lying between Jordan and the coast of the Mediterranean Sea ; that he should go ...
... behold , I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee . " Now , obedience to this com- mand required that he should cross the entire tract of Israel lying between Jordan and the coast of the Mediterranean Sea ; that he should go ...
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... behold , I am gathering two sticks that I may go in and dress it for me and my son , that we may eat it and die . " Here , indeed , is extremity of misery . " Surely , " might the prophet have said , " this is not she to whom I am sent ...
... behold , I am gathering two sticks that I may go in and dress it for me and my son , that we may eat it and die . " Here , indeed , is extremity of misery . " Surely , " might the prophet have said , " this is not she to whom I am sent ...
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... behold it . The Redeemer himself has said that " a sparrow can not fall to the ground without our Father " but , somehow , as we read his words , the very mag- " Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments ...
... behold it . The Redeemer himself has said that " a sparrow can not fall to the ground without our Father " but , somehow , as we read his words , the very mag- " Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments ...
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... Behold at what subtle points , all unknown to ourselves , our histories touch each other ; and how , by the prearrangements of God's care , he works out his purposes of mercy , even through the agency of our own free - wills ! This ...
... Behold at what subtle points , all unknown to ourselves , our histories touch each other ; and how , by the prearrangements of God's care , he works out his purposes of mercy , even through the agency of our own free - wills ! This ...
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Page 208 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock ; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock...
Page 192 - There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Page 209 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 56 - On lips that are for others; deep as love, Deep as first love, and wild with all regret; O Death in Life, the days that are no more.
Page 148 - And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house : and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it ; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Page 8 - And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
Page 123 - For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Page 65 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan...
Page 27 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?