Lectures on the History of ElishaH. Hooker, 1839 - 256 pages |
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... Perhaps among them all , there is none who more awakens our sympathies , and interests our hearts than the Prophet Elisha . He is not indeed ranked among the higher order of seers , who were taught by the Spirit of God to foretell the ...
... Perhaps among them all , there is none who more awakens our sympathies , and interests our hearts than the Prophet Elisha . He is not indeed ranked among the higher order of seers , who were taught by the Spirit of God to foretell the ...
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... Perhaps to one upon whose heart the Holy Spirit of God had shed a less powerful and hal- lowing influence , who had lived less continually in the service of God , and enjoyed less habitually the closest and most intimate communion with ...
... Perhaps to one upon whose heart the Holy Spirit of God had shed a less powerful and hal- lowing influence , who had lived less continually in the service of God , and enjoyed less habitually the closest and most intimate communion with ...
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... perhaps , more acceptably to God -than when he is " not slothful in business , but fervent in spirit , serving the Lord , " and carrying out the dictates of inspiration , and fulfilling the high behests of eternity , amidst the anxious ...
... perhaps , more acceptably to God -than when he is " not slothful in business , but fervent in spirit , serving the Lord , " and carrying out the dictates of inspiration , and fulfilling the high behests of eternity , amidst the anxious ...
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... perhaps he could scarcely estimate ; yet were they neither unknown nor unfelt by Him whose earthly parent pondered in her heart his earliest sayings , and divided even on the cross his latest thoughts . " Let me , I pray thee , " said ...
... perhaps he could scarcely estimate ; yet were they neither unknown nor unfelt by Him whose earthly parent pondered in her heart his earliest sayings , and divided even on the cross his latest thoughts . " Let me , I pray thee , " said ...
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... perhaps , the cheerfulness and alacrity with which he was thus surrendering all for God , " he arose , and went after Elijah , and ministered unto him . " The earthly course of this remarkable man , however , was , as we have seen , now ...
... perhaps , the cheerfulness and alacrity with which he was thus surrendering all for God , " he arose , and went after Elijah , and ministered unto him . " The earthly course of this remarkable man , however , was , as we have seen , now ...
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Page 145 - And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 86 - But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Page 91 - And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria ! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
Page 83 - Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Page 32 - Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
Page 78 - And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet : but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her : and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
Page 70 - And when the child was grown, it fell on a day that he went out to his father to the reapers. And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
Page 95 - And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
Page 88 - Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
Page 39 - And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.