The Prophet of Fire: Or, The Life and Times of ElijahJames Nisbet & Company, 1864 - 351 pages |
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... AUTHOR OF MEMORIES OF GENNESARET , " MORNING AND NIGHT WATCHES , " 66 FAITHFUL PROMISER , ' ETC. " Thus saith the Lord of Hosts , Behold , I will make my words in thy mouth FIRE . " JER . v . 14 . " Elijah stood up as a FIRE and his ...
... AUTHOR OF MEMORIES OF GENNESARET , " MORNING AND NIGHT WATCHES , " 66 FAITHFUL PROMISER , ' ETC. " Thus saith the Lord of Hosts , Behold , I will make my words in thy mouth FIRE . " JER . v . 14 . " Elijah stood up as a FIRE and his ...
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... H46490 66 Prophet of God , arise and take With thee the words of wrath divine , The Scourge of Heaven , to shake O'er yon apostate shrine . " CHRISTIAN YEAR 341 ELIJAH PREFACE . THE author hesitated in committing these.
... H46490 66 Prophet of God , arise and take With thee the words of wrath divine , The Scourge of Heaven , to shake O'er yon apostate shrine . " CHRISTIAN YEAR 341 ELIJAH PREFACE . THE author hesitated in committing these.
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... author hesitated in committing these pages to the press , for the same reason which he believes has deterred others , viz . , that the life of the greatest of the Prophets of the kingdom of Israel has been already so graphically ...
... author hesitated in committing these pages to the press , for the same reason which he believes has deterred others , viz . , that the life of the greatest of the Prophets of the kingdom of Israel has been already so graphically ...
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... not lived , thou didst not die in vain ! 66 The Rev. Foderick W. Robertson of Timing Chapi Brighton . says the author of this vor in eply to an ingeùng . Some town XIV . Return to Duty . " And the Lord THE SEVEN THOUSAND . 199.
... not lived , thou didst not die in vain ! 66 The Rev. Foderick W. Robertson of Timing Chapi Brighton . says the author of this vor in eply to an ingeùng . Some town XIV . Return to Duty . " And the Lord THE SEVEN THOUSAND . 199.
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... , enunciated by the lips of the Prince of Peace , its author and representative , - " This is my com- mandment , that ye love one another ! " XIX . Farewell Visits to the Sons of the Prophets THE SECOND ANSWER BY FIRE . 281.
... , enunciated by the lips of the Prince of Peace , its author and representative , - " This is my com- mandment , that ye love one another ! " XIX . Farewell Visits to the Sons of the Prophets THE SECOND ANSWER BY FIRE . 281.
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Ahab Ahab's Ahaziah altar amid angel answer by fire Baal Baal-zebub behold blessed blood bold brook Carmel cave chariot chariot of fire Cherith Christ Christian Church cloth cloud comfort Crown 8vo death desert disciples Divine earth earthly Ekron Elias Elijah Elisha Esdraelon evil faith Father fear fiery fifty flame Gilead Gilgal glorious glory God's gospel hand hath Hazael heart heathen heaven heavenly Hebrew holy honour Horeb hour idolatry Israel Jehovah Jericho Jesus Jezebel Jezreel Jordan king land lesson liveth Lord mantle mercy messengers minister mission Moses Mount mountain Naboth Obadiah palace Palestine Phoenician pray prayer Prophet of Fire rain rebuke righteous royal sacred Samaria Sarepta scene servant Shaphat silent Sinai small voice solemn soul spirit stand strong sword thee thou hast thought Thousand Tishbite truth unto uttered vengeance widow wilderness word worship wrath Zarephath
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Page 312 - And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, He took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. And as He prayed, the fashion of His countenance was altered, and His raiment was white and glistering.
Page 328 - Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here : if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles ; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Page 328 - For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest: and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more...
Page 200 - Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Page 151 - Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
Page 72 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the LORD his God...
Page 312 - Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here : and let us make three tabernacles ; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias : not knowing what he said.
Page 48 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
Page 63 - Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 25 - Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.