...them in one of the villages in the plain of Ono, he sent messengers unto them, saying, "I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down : why should...work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you." This was a business-like answer. It displays strong common sense. May not each teacher adopt Nehemiah's...

...reasonably say, in the language of Nehemiah to Sanballat and Geshem the Arabian of old : " I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down ; why should...work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you ?" All this is very comfortable doctrine, of course, for those who have no disposition and not much...

...reasonably say, in the language of Nehemian*to Sanballat and Geshem the Arabian of old : " I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down ; why should...work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?" AJÍ this is very comfortable doctrine, of course, for those who have no disposition and not much power,...

...the serving God, and the improving the Mind, whether we consider its Importance, or its Difficulty) so that I cannot come down ; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you ? * Which last Expression suits very well with the present case, since, when a pious Soul is once got...

...Nehemiah, when enticed to leave the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem and hold parley :—" I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down, why should the work cease whilst I leave it." Paul felt the greatness of his work—he felt it was one which could not stand still. He felt it was...

...plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down : why should the work cease, whilst I leare it, and come down to you? Yet they sent nnto me four times after this sort; and I answered them...

...plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. And I sent messengers unto them, saying, 1 am doing a ion : descended into hell, rose Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort ; and I answered them after the same manner. Then...

...all threatening or seducing influences that would bid them pause, or beckon them away, " I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down ; why should...work cease whilst I leave it and come down to you ?" We are not, indeed, so sanguine as to anticipate that we shall have a larger number of volunteers...

...consideration for, his visitors. We were reminded, by application, of the words of Nehemiah, " I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down : why should...the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?"Neh. vi. 3. In 1832, Meerza Ibrahim, of Haileybury College, having made a translation of the Book...

...thought to do me mis3 chief. And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that 1 cannot come down : why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come 4 down to you ? Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same...