...him to hold a conference with some adversaries in an adjacent village, his reply was, " 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 youf?" Yea, when the same message was sent four times, he repeated the same answer : and when at the...

...stopped their work to engage in polemics; their language has ever practically been, " I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down ; why should the work cease, while I leave it and come down to you ? " While they proceed in this course they will at length weary...

...plain of Ono.* But they thought to do mischief. 3 And I 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 ? 4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. 5...

...Congress, he cannot give a more appropriate answer than that of Nehemiah to Sanballat, — ' 1 am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down ; why should...work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you ? ' Surely one sword is enough for any man to wield, and in our holy warfare, that ought never to be...

...cannot give a more appropriate answer than that of Nehemiah to Sanballat, — ' 1 am doing a gAJat work, so that I cannot come down ; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you ? ' Surely one sword is enough for any man to wield, and in our holy warfare, that ought never to be...

...engage us, we should resemble the devoted Nehemiah: "I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?" Thirdly. Fire may be quenched by the separation of its parts....

...been accustomed to perform, their service. LECTURE XV. HINDERANCES TO REVIVALS. TEXT.—" I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should...cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you."— NEHEMIAH vi. 3. THIS servant of God had come down from Babylon to rebuild the temple and re-establish...

...accustomed to perform their service. LEG! URE XV. HINDERAN4 ES 'i O REVIVALS. TEXT. — " I am doing a great work so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I lct» ju, Jid come down to you."— NIHEMIAU vi.3. THIS servant of God had come down from Babylon to...

...intrusion or solicitation should draw us from the work of the Lord; but we should say, as Nehemiah did, " Why should the work cease whilst I leave it, and come down to you?" In Matthew, it is said, they desired to speak with him. Thus, when we are engaged in the most important...

...been accustomed to perform their service. LECTURE XV. HINDERANCES TO REVIVALS. TEXT.—" I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst Ileaveit, and come down to you." — NEHEMMH vi. 3. THIS servant of God had come down from Babylon...