The Prophet of Fire: Or, The Life and Times of ElijahJames Nisbet & Company, 1864 - 351 pages |
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... mantle appears to have had some singular significance attached to it . It was to him what the rod was to Moses . It seemed at once the outward badge of his prophetic office , and the instru- ment by which his miracles were performed ...
... mantle appears to have had some singular significance attached to it . It was to him what the rod was to Moses . It seemed at once the outward badge of his prophetic office , and the instru- ment by which his miracles were performed ...
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... mantle , his lullaby , the music of the rippling stream , which , as it babbled by the one tuneful brook of a silent land - sang morning and evening a hymn of God's faithfulness . But , as we picture him , with thankful , contented ...
... mantle , his lullaby , the music of the rippling stream , which , as it babbled by the one tuneful brook of a silent land - sang morning and evening a hymn of God's faithfulness . But , as we picture him , with thankful , contented ...
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... mantle , and com- posing his head on his leafy pillow , he could exultingly say— " The Lord is my light and my salvation ; whom shall I fear ? the Lord is the strength of my life ; of whom shall I be afraid ? " It may have seemed at ...
... mantle , and com- posing his head on his leafy pillow , he could exultingly say— " The Lord is my light and my salvation ; whom shall I fear ? the Lord is the strength of my life ; of whom shall I be afraid ? " It may have seemed at ...
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... mantle ; -find out for thyself some safe retreat from this burning drought ; —the Lord has forgotten to be gracious , and in anger He has shut up His tender mercies ! ' But " he stag- gered not through unbelief . " " The man of like ...
... mantle ; -find out for thyself some safe retreat from this burning drought ; —the Lord has forgotten to be gracious , and in anger He has shut up His tender mercies ! ' But " he stag- gered not through unbelief . " " The man of like ...
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... mantle around him , forth he goes on the long and perilous journey , -travel- ling probably by night to elude observation and avoid danger . Depressed , indeed , he could not fail at times to be , during that long and trying route ...
... mantle around him , forth he goes on the long and perilous journey , -travel- ling probably by night to elude observation and avoid danger . Depressed , indeed , he could not fail at times to be , during that long and trying route ...
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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.