 | Abner Kneeland - 1823 - 438 páginas
...fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elijah was a man of like infirmities with us ; and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained not on the land/or three years and six months: 18 and he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth... | |
 | Jacob Catlin - 1824 - 314 páginas
...according to the prayers of the prophet Elijah. " Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain ; and it...gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit." Hearing the prayers of Elijah -was not the only instance, in ancient ages, of God's hearing and answering... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1824 - 588 páginas
...For, bringing forward an example, he saith, " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain ; and it...gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit," ver. 17, 18. And the scripture furnishes us with many prayers and examples of this kind for our encouragement... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 602 páginas
...these declarations, St. James adduces the example of Elijah ; who, although a frail man, like others, ' prayed earnestly, that it might not rain, and it rained...gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.' These great effects, it is to be remembered, were consequences of the prayers of a single man. After... | |
 | 1877 - 350 páginas
...rebellious children of Israel were repeatedly spared. And what wonders prayer wrqught for Elijah! " He prayed earnestly that it might not rain ; and it...the heaven gave rain, and the •earth brought forth fruit." And we might refer to other Old Testament worthies; also to the faithful who lived and prayed... | |
 | Enoch Pond - 1824 - 282 páginas
...course backward. (See Is. xxxviii. 8.) " Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are ; and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it...years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit." By the faith and prayers of the ancient... | |
 | 1824 - 462 páginas
...prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain : and it...earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. 19 Brethren,... | |
 | John Flavel - 1824 - 416 páginas
...withhold their influences. James v. 17, 18. 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 ami six months ; and he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit."... | |
 | 1869 - 346 páginas
...not to taint." Hear the inspired apostle : " 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 ipace of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought... | |
 | Colin McIver - 1824 - 434 páginas
...prophet Elijah. During the tyranny of the cruel and persecuting Ahab, the Heavens were shut, that " it rained not on the earth " by the space of three years and six months." At the period of this long continued drought, and the consequent famine, the pious Obadiah is introduced... | |
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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... 
