The Prophet of Fire: Or, The Life and Times of ElijahJames Nisbet & Company, 1864 - 351 pages |
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... faith and of a good conscience . And , though we must not anticipate , we shall find that God did not leave His servant - this " light of Israel , " whom He had kindled " for a FIRE " -without high recompense . He made a stormy life ...
... faith and of a good conscience . And , though we must not anticipate , we shall find that God did not leave His servant - this " light of Israel , " whom He had kindled " for a FIRE " -without high recompense . He made a stormy life ...
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... faith ; sitting in arbitrary and high - handed judgment on the declarations of God's Word ; undermining the foundation - truth of the atonement ; stripping the cross of Christ of its chiefest glory ; and regarding the Bible - the ...
... faith ; sitting in arbitrary and high - handed judgment on the declarations of God's Word ; undermining the foundation - truth of the atonement ; stripping the cross of Christ of its chiefest glory ; and regarding the Bible - the ...
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... faith . He It was a bold and brave thing , surely , to utter such a prayer , and confront Ahab with such an announcement . Indeed , independently of the wrath of the Israelitish monarch , the malison Elijah had pronounced could not fail ...
... faith . He It was a bold and brave thing , surely , to utter such a prayer , and confront Ahab with such an announcement . Indeed , independently of the wrath of the Israelitish monarch , the malison Elijah had pronounced could not fail ...
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... faith is so weak , and our ventures in His cause and service are so small . When the soldiers of Gustavus Adolphus , the greatest king of Sweden , wished to dissuade him from risking his life by exposure in battle , it is said his grand ...
... faith is so weak , and our ventures in His cause and service are so small . When the soldiers of Gustavus Adolphus , the greatest king of Sweden , wished to dissuade him from risking his life by exposure in battle , it is said his grand ...
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... faith than of his provision . It was a strong belief that carried him into a desolate retiredness to expect food ... faith than with his food . .... " O God , how infinite is Thy providence , wisdom , and power ! We crea- tures are not ...
... faith than of his provision . It was a strong belief that carried him into a desolate retiredness to expect food ... faith than with his food . .... " O God , how infinite is Thy providence , wisdom , and power ! We crea- tures are not ...
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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.