...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. 0 strange and uncouth mutation ! What is this we hear ? Elijah fainting and giving up ! That heroical...

...himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree : and he th him ; the ust upright man is laughed to scorn. 5 awny my life ; for I am not better than my fathers. 5 And as lie lay and slept under a juniper-tree,...

...day's journey into the wilderness, and came and satdow.n under a juniper tree : and he c requested d for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough ; now, О LORD, take away my life ; for I am no better than my fathers. 5 And as hé lay and slept under a...

...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. The juniper is mentioned more than once in our translation of the scriptures; but the opinions of learned...

...there, sitting down under a juniper tree, gives vent to his feelings, requesting that he might die : l, It is enough ; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers." Had that prayer been granted, then Elijah would have died under a cloud, leaving a doubt whether his...

...depths of his despondency he was inclined to give up all for lost, and to cry, " It is enough, now, О Lord, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers." One that had come into his study at that time, and seen the many infidel books and papers which lay...

...nderness, and came and sat move— but a sense of God's presence, 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 «...

...the juniper tree, requested that he might die, '< 2 Cor. v. 6. "> Job, x. 18, 19. « Exod. xvi. 3. P and said, It is enough now, O Lord, take away my life". So Jonah justifies his impatience, nay, his anger, towards God himself: Now, O Lord, take, I beseech...

...It was in the prospect of trials that Elijah, distressed in mind, sat down under a juniper tree, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, " It is enough : now, Ü Lord, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers." And we may be sure that the apostle...

...gave way, and he prayed for death to end his troubles. " It is enough :" he cried, " now, O Jehovah, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers !'' To strengthen his now sinking faith, and to reward his sufferings in the cause of the God of Israel,...