...greateft of them even to the leaft of them. 6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and lie arofe from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with fackcloth, and fat in afhes. 7 And he caufed it to be proclaimed and publilhed through Nineveh by the...

...like so much else, are mere shams. In the first place, in the instance cited there was FAITH — " So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed...and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even unto the least of them. For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he...

...into the city, and he cried and said, yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So the С people people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast,...and put on sackcloth from the greatest of them even unto the least of them. For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he...

...greateft of them even to the " leaft of them: for word came unto the «' king of Nineveh : and he arofe from his " throne, and he laid his robe from him, and " covered him with fackcloth, and fat in " afhes. And he caufed it to be proclaim" ed and publifhed through Nineveh (by...

...supposed) that any of the mariners should have informed the JVinevites of the miracle wrought for him, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest of them even to the least of them ; they fasted to add fervency to their firayer, and joined with this, sackcloth, to testify their humiliation,...

...with this, sackcloth, to testify their humiliation, 6 and the king himself set them a good example. For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose...and covered [him] with sackcloth, and sat in ashes ; he put on the habit of a mourning penitent. 7 And he caused [it] to be proclaimed and published through...

...and Ni" neveh shall be overthrown," that the inhabitants thereof " believed God, and pro<f claimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from " the greatest...the least of " them : for word came unto the king of Ni" neveh : and he arose from his throne, and, 'f he laid his robe from him, and covered him " with...

...prophet Jonah foretold the destruction of that stately city would come to pass in forty days, " they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least ; for word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him,...

...according to the word of the Lord, and entered and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed...from the greatest of them, even to the least of them. And God saw their works, that they returned from their evil way, and God repented of the evil that...

...Day of Fasting and ffmntiiiitiiM. The text is very felicitously selected from the prophet Jonah, " So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed...sackcloth from the greatest of them even to the least." Mr. Gardiner, after expounding and illustrating his text in a very elegant manner, concludes his animated...