...name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place and recover the leper. Then Naaman said, Are not Abana and Pharpar Rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean 1 So he turned and went away in a rage. But his servants persuaded him, and he went down and dipped...

...shalt be clean." Could anything be more easy ? The Jordan was not far distant. But what said Naaman ? " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...of Israel ? may I not wash in them, and be clean?" These were the rivers of Naaman's own country ; and probably he thought them better, because, whilst...

...supposing the means to appear, they promise nothing either to the eye or the mind. " Are not Abana, Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel.'' may I not wash in them and be clean ?"ff It is possible they are much superior, but Jordan's streams are to cleanse the leper. If opportunities...

...goodness of God. He has ordained it, and let us be satisfied and thankful. Let us not say with Naaman, "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? I thought, surely he would have come out to me, and waved bis hand over me." Rather...

...thing to surprise and amaze us here? What better is this than our ordinary entertainment at home ? Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? * Such may be the thoughts of profane and ignorant fools; for the outside of this...

...hand ** over the place, and recover the leper. " Are not Abana and Pharphar, rivers of " Damascus, better than all the waters of " Israel? May I not wash in them, and be " clean?"* So reasoned this wise man ; and so would any other wise man of modern times have reasoned on this occasion....

...lying in darkness. You must not indulge the spirit which prompted the> proud captain of old to ask, " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ?" But, whatever be the course which Scripture points out, and to whatever office...

...Barrady or Chrysorrhoas, which waters the city of Damascus and the country about it (2 Kings v. 12.). " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ?" The river of Damascus has its fountain in the mountains of Libanus. At its approach...

...call on the narrie of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage." What fools men are ! They prescribe to God Himself; they are...

...stand and call on the name of the Lord, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage. His servants said to him, if the prophet had bid thee do some...