 | Thomas Griffith - 1834 - 348 pages
...They shall have fulfilled in them the generous wish of Moses ; — " Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." They shall possess, what St. John describes as actually enjoyed by those to whom he writes, —" An... | |
 | 1834 - 274 pages
...Moses, forbid them. And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake ? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them ! And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. And there went forth a wind from the... | |
 | 1835 - 140 pages
...him to forbid them. Moses answered him, " Envieat thou for my sake"? Would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." This shows the disinterested love which Moses had for the Israelites, and is another proof of the humility... | |
 | James Ellice - 1835 - 230 pages
...suckling child in his bosom1, — who, in his lowly meekness exclaimed, would God, that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them*; who, prayed, in love strong as death towards them, yet now, if Thou wilt, forgive their sin, and if... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1835 - 608 pages
...remember to have read Moses' rebuke of Joshua : " Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." Do you not see that envy deprives you of that sweet feeling which rejoices in the honour of another,... | |
 | Ebenezer Henderson - 1836 - 594 pages
...in the camp by Eldad and Medad, Moses disinterestedly exclaimed, " Would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!" (Num. xi. 29.) In this sense Miriam is called a prophetess, because she was inspired to lead the female... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1836 - 408 pages
...distinctions and degrees among men — he said, Enviest thou for my sake? Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets ; and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them ! ver. 28, 29. It is plain, even by the words of Moses, that Eldad and Medad, though on the roll as... | |
 | 1836 - 710 pages
...Moses, forbid them. 29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake ? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them ! 30 And Moses gat mm into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. 31 ^f And there went forth a "wind... | |
 | Joseph Thorpe Milner - 1836 - 256 pages
...fellow-helpers to the truth," and often adopted the language of one of old—" Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." He was, however, devotedly attached to the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion. He believed the doctrines... | |
 | Dorothy Anne Thrupp - 1837 - 316 pages
...Thine image trace ; Raise, me to behold Thy face. : I . SEVENTH DAY. " WOULD GOD THAT ALL THE LORD'S PEOPLE WERE PROPHETS, AND THAT THE LORD WOULD PUT His SPIRIT UPON THEM." — Num. xi. 29. All the Lord's people are not called to be prophets ; but all are called, in their... | |
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Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them. 
