The Prophet of Fire: Or, The Life and Times of ElijahJames Nisbet & Company, 1864 - 351 pages |
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... nature and grace . - He is presented to our view without a note of premo- nition , ushered at once on the stage of stirring action full panoplied , -in the colossal manhood and maturity of his being . This is all our introduction to him ...
... nature and grace . - He is presented to our view without a note of premo- nition , ushered at once on the stage of stirring action full panoplied , -in the colossal manhood and maturity of his being . This is all our introduction to him ...
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... nature must not be overlooked . The grand and sublime has always proved a " meet nurse " for heroic spirits ; and , were this the place , we might illustrate the statement by examples . Gilead , ― Elijah's birthplace , the cradle of his ...
... nature must not be overlooked . The grand and sublime has always proved a " meet nurse " for heroic spirits ; and , were this the place , we might illustrate the statement by examples . Gilead , ― Elijah's birthplace , the cradle of his ...
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... nature — who had been taught , but taught only of Heaven . Forth he comes , A PROPHET OF FIRE , a burning and a shining light , in one of the darkest periods of Hebrew history - and " many were to rejoice in his light . " Some , indeed ...
... nature — who had been taught , but taught only of Heaven . Forth he comes , A PROPHET OF FIRE , a burning and a shining light , in one of the darkest periods of Hebrew history - and " many were to rejoice in his light . " Some , indeed ...
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... nature delegated to his control ; who could seal up the heavens at one time - lock up from a whole nation for years the treasures of the clouds : at another , draw fire from these . clouds like a sword from its scabbard , and strew the ...
... nature delegated to his control ; who could seal up the heavens at one time - lock up from a whole nation for years the treasures of the clouds : at another , draw fire from these . clouds like a sword from its scabbard , and strew the ...
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... nature - a union of the terrible with the gentle . The denouncer of Ahab , the re- buker of kingly iniquity , the slayer at the Kishon , the homi- cide who , in one day , with his own hands , purpled its waters with the blood of four ...
... nature - a union of the terrible with the gentle . The denouncer of Ahab , the re- buker of kingly iniquity , the slayer at the Kishon , the homi- cide who , in one day , with his own hands , purpled its waters with the blood of four ...
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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.