Elijah, a course of lectures, Issue 46 |
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... So let the gods do to me , and more also , if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to - mor- row about this time . " It seems likely that , in her inmost heart , she desired by this threat to get rid of Elijah , without ...
... So let the gods do to me , and more also , if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to - mor- row about this time . " It seems likely that , in her inmost heart , she desired by this threat to get rid of Elijah , without ...
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Ahab Ahab's Ahaziah Ashtoreth Baal Baasha Beersheba bidding blessed bread brought called Carmel chariot chastisement Cheltenham Grammar School Cherith Church command curse dear brethren Divine earth eateth Ekron Elijah Elisha evil faith father Fcap fire flesh Gilead God's Gospel hast heart heathen heaven heavenly Holy Hymns idolatry Ishmaelite Jehoram Jehoshaphat Jehovah Jeroboam Jesus Christ Jezebel Jezreel Jordan Judah Keil Keil's kingdom of Israel kings of Israel LECTURE Lenten lesson live liveth look Lord Lord's mas Day ment mercy messengers minister miracle Moses nature ness Obadiah Paragraph Bible passions phet prayed prayer promised prophet prophets of Baal punishment rain ravens reached rebuke receive recognise sacred Samaria Scripture season sent Sermons servant sins soul spirit of Elias supplied supposed sustenance thee things Thou shalt tion true truth unto warning widow wilderness witness word worship wrath Zarephath Zimri
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Page 33 - For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
Page 28 - But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
Page 32 - And she said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
Page 148 - And it came to pass, as they still went on and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!
Page 12 - And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul...
Page vii - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 148 - He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; and he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah ? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
Page 150 - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord ; and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Page 18 - I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Page 152 - But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed : likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. 13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.