| Benjamin Hanbury - 1839 - 628 pages
...comfort of the church, could full from elsewhere than from their lips ? Moses wished that ' all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them ; ' and Paul gives liberty to ' the whole church,' and to ' all ' in it, women excepted, to ' prophesy... | |
| Thomas Lewis - 1839 - 404 pages
...token of God's blessing on his own ministry ; and will be ready to say, "Would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." Finally, the members of a christian church owe to the world around them, 3. ^4. cheerful assistance... | |
| 1839 - 438 pages
...Whitefield, (who frequently used these words,) do I feel inclined to say, " Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them ! " When in better times the Lord gave the word, " great was the company of those that published it."... | |
| Gotthold Salomon - 1839 - 264 pages
...follows: — imvnx nirv m» >3 D»«»M nirv pjH?3 wv »oi . .. . . • *• " WOULD GOD, THAT ALL THE LORD'S PEOPLE WERE PROPHETS, AND THAT THE LORD WOULD PUT HIS SPIRIT UPON THEM." Few words ! much meaning ! A heart full of love, an understanding full of light, the welfare of all... | |
| Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 pages
...desires, says the preacher ; and his desire is that ol Moses, Num. x. 1 — 2. " Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them. ' The world, he opines, would have assumed a goodlier aspect, had this wish been fulfilled : il would... | |
| Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - 1839 - 288 pages
...they were speaking, and requested Joshua to dismiss his also. " Would God," said he, " that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them." After this Moses and the elders went into the camp. A wind, sent by the Lord expressly for the purpose,... | |
| 1839 - 868 pages
...it was proposed to restrain them, Mose» said, " Enviest thou for my sake ? Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." Num. xi. 24-29. The bestowal of this gift on the seventy, showed that it was mainly designed for the... | |
| John Gibson MacVicar - 1840 - 396 pages
...answer of the great prophet ? " Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake. I would that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." An answer in which we cannot fail to observe a resemblance to that which our Saviour gave, in similar... | |
| John Anderson (methodist.) - 1840 - 52 pages
...informed that the young men prophesied in the camp : " Enviest thou for me, would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." " And it shall come to-pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh... | |
| John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...lord Moses, forbid then. And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake ? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them ! Never let me desire any other state or condition of life than that appointed me ; lest God in anger... | |
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