 | Joseph Field - God - 1811 - 356 pages
...'. them speedily." Add to these the instances recorded of God's interposing in answer to prayer. " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...earnestly that it might not rain ; and it rained not oh the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again and the heaven gave rain,... | |
 | Universalism - 1812 - 292 pages
...wrought by the Prophet Elijah are remarkably similar to those above quoted. St. James says chap. v. 17, " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...earth by the space of three years and six months." It is worthy of notice that the time spoken of here should be the same as in Revelations before noticed.... | |
 | John Murray - Sermons, American - 1813 - 438 pages
...glory. It is remarkable, that the apostle James, v. 17, 18, speaking of the prophet of the LORD, says, " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,...of three years and six months. And he prayed again, ar.d the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit." Yet the rain came not for-his sake,... | |
 | Missions - 1847 - 760 pages
...was fonnd on Israel's side; But when through weariness they fail'd, That moment Amalek prcvail'd." " Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are...earnestly that it might not rain ; and it rained not upon tbe earth by the space of three years and six months; again he prayed, and the heavens gave forth... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1813 - 448 pages
...implies, to those around him. Elias was a man subject to like pussions as we are, and he prayed earnestlg that it might not rain ; and it rained not on the...by the space of three years and six months. And he praged again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit*. Thus the fervent supplications... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1813 - 450 pages
...was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestlg that it might not rain ; ami it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit*. Thus the fervent supplications of " righteous... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1815 - 422 pages
...divine judgments. The Apostle gives this account of the man, and of his prayers. "Ellas was a man of like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that...might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the Bpace of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought... | |
 | Elias Boudinot - Bible - 1815 - 600 pages
...prayers prevented the material rain in the days of Ahab.f " Elias was a man subject to like pissions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain ; and it rained not on the earth by the ipace of three years and six months ; and he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain."! So by the prayers... | |
 | Jesse Kersey - Society of Friends - 1815 - 130 pages
...condition of the prophet Elijah, who " prayed earnestly that it might not rain ; and it rained not upon the earth, by the space of three years, and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. James v. 17, 18. No one can suppose that the... | |
 | William Huntington - 1815 - 494 pages
..." Elias was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed that it might not rain, and it rained not by the space of three years and six months ; and he prayed again, and the Lord sent rain." And how was I enabled to persevere in it; and how glad on Sunday morning to see it... | |
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Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly, that it might not rain ; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth... 
