...behold, the word ol the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? 10 And he 5 1, ecm I only, am left; and they seek my life to take it away. 11 And ne said, Go forth, and stand...

...Elijah ; when the times require thee to exert thyself in a more active scene of employment ?" And he said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God...left, and they seek my life to take it away." And he said, " Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord :" and behold the Lord passed by, and...

...wrong done him, and say with Elijah, "I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts, for they have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword." — How just is Paul's description of the heathen, "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools....

...society? You think, perhaps, you can go to heaven alone. Yes, were you circumstanced like him, who said, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God...am left, and they seek my life, to take it away." Then, indeed, your loneliness, and solitary sojourning, would merit commendation rather than censure...

...seen its wickedness. The children of Israel, (saith the sorrowful prophet,*) The children of hrael have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars,...prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left. But what saith the answer of God? / have reserved to myself seven thousand men that have not bowed...

...Such a spirit was found in Elijah ; " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts ; because the children of Israel' have forsaken thy covenant,...thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword," 1 Kings xix. 14. A good man will strive to honor and secure those truths and duties most, which he...

...left one word behind him in the cave; ' I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.' I hear not a direct answer from the prophet, to the demand of God : then he had said, ' I run away...

...God of Hosts : because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine alurs, and slain thy prophets with the sword, and I, even...only am left; and they seek my life to take it away." Such a declaration as this, coming from such authority. was enough to overwhelm the hopes of thousands,...

...of religion in his day. " 1 have," said he, "bpen very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts : because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...and slain thy prophets with the sword, and I, even Í only am left ; and they seek my life to take it away." Such a declaration as this, coming from such...

...ever felt disposed to ascribe to them equality with his Divine Majesty. 1 Kings xix. 10 : " And he said, I have' been very jealous for the Lord God of...the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and thrown down thy altars," &c. I will repeat verbatim the Editor's quotation of Psalm xxiv. 8, and...