The Prophet of Fire: Or, The Life and Times of ElijahJames Nisbet & Company, 1864 - 351 pages |
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... MOUNT CARMEL , VIII . THE ANSWER BY FIRE , 96 111 IX . THE SOUND OF RAIN , X. THE FLIGHT TO THE WILDERNESS , XI ... MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION , 312 XXII . LESSONS OF THE MOUNT , AND CLOSING THOUGHTS , 328 APPENDIX , 343 A 1 . Birthplace ...
... MOUNT CARMEL , VIII . THE ANSWER BY FIRE , 96 111 IX . THE SOUND OF RAIN , X. THE FLIGHT TO THE WILDERNESS , XI ... MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION , 312 XXII . LESSONS OF THE MOUNT , AND CLOSING THOUGHTS , 328 APPENDIX , 343 A 1 . Birthplace ...
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... Mount Zion . For this purpose he made selection of the two extreme border towns -Dan in the north , and Bethel in ... mounted the throne of his brother as a usurper . Greatly Ahab's intellectual superior - crafty , bold , designing ...
... Mount Zion . For this purpose he made selection of the two extreme border towns -Dan in the north , and Bethel in ... mounted the throne of his brother as a usurper . Greatly Ahab's intellectual superior - crafty , bold , designing ...
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... Mount Carmel , viz . , as a challenge made by the Prophet to settle the question by a solemn appeal to the great power or powers ( be who they may ) who rule the universe , and who have the elements of nature under their control . It ...
... Mount Carmel , viz . , as a challenge made by the Prophet to settle the question by a solemn appeal to the great power or powers ( be who they may ) who rule the universe , and who have the elements of nature under their control . It ...
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... and injured Mercy : " Lord , let it alone this year also : and if it bear fruit , well , —and if not , then , after that , thou shalt cut it down ! " VII . The Convocation on Mount Carmel . " And OBADIAH AND THE SEARCH FOR PROVENDER . 95.
... and injured Mercy : " Lord , let it alone this year also : and if it bear fruit , well , —and if not , then , after that , thou shalt cut it down ! " VII . The Convocation on Mount Carmel . " And OBADIAH AND THE SEARCH FOR PROVENDER . 95.
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... Mount Carmel . " And as Obadiah was in the way , behold , Elijah met him ; and he knew him , and fell on his face , and said , Art thou that my lord Elijah ? And he answered ... MOUNT CARMEL . FOR three and a THE CONVOCATION ON MOUNT CARMEL,
... Mount Carmel . " And as Obadiah was in the way , behold , Elijah met him ; and he knew him , and fell on his face , and said , Art thou that my lord Elijah ? And he answered ... MOUNT CARMEL . FOR three and a THE CONVOCATION ON MOUNT CARMEL,
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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.