 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.  The Eclectic Review - Page 257edited by - 1833Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1834 - 536 pages
...raised up a prophet in whom seemed to centre all the religion of the land. In the grief of his heart he said, " It is enough. Now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers." " I, even I, only am left; and they seek my life to take it away." But what was the answer of the Lord... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1834 - 492 pages
...and, •as weary of life, no less than of his way, wishes to rise no more : " It is enough now, О Lord, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers." 'О strange and uncouth mutation I what is this we hear ? Elijah fainting and giving up ! that heroical... | |
 | Gregory Townsend Bedell, Stephen Higginson Tyng - 1835 - 584 pages
...himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree : and he requested for himself that he might die ; and said,...away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers. And as he lay and slept under a juniper-tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him,... | |
 | 1835 - 1176 pages
...himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he XX 6@X 6 LOKD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. 5. And as he lay and slept under a juniper-tree,... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 228 pages
...solitude of the wilderness, where, casting himself upon the ground, he exclaims, " It is enough ; now, 0 Lord, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers." Such were the human feelings contending for the empire of his mind, that he was almost weary of the... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher - 1836 - 326 pages
...himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree : ana he requested for himself that he might die; and said,...away my life; for I am not better than my fathers." THE man of God is again called away from public activity and reformation, and his path loses itself... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1836 - 458 pages
...• Preached ontht first day of the year 1788. iv. S; or, in this of Elijah, " It is enough, now, 0 Lord, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers!" 1 Kings xlx. 4. It is this contrast of ideas that we will endeavour to reconcile, for in this point... | |
 | Auguste Louis Philippe Rochat - 1837 - 284 pages
...7, 8. Neither was it a pure desire to depart which Elijah felt when he sat under a juniper tree, and requested for himself that he might die ; and said,...away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers." 1 Kings xix. 4. The genuine desire to depart is that which Paul felt, and which comes from a wish to... | |
 | 1837 - 852 pages
...himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree : and he requested 'for himself that he might die ; and said,...away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers. (JUNIl'KK TllEK.) 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him,... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 644 pages
...down, under a juniper tree ; and, as weary of life no less than of his way, wishes to rise no more : It is enough now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers. C) strange and uncouth mutation ! What is this we hear ? Elijah fainting and giving up ! That heroical... | |
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