 | Matthew Richey - Clergy - 1839 - 394 pages
...language would probably have been that of Elisha, as he gazed upon the apotheosis of his sainted master, "My father ! my father ! the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!" May the mantle of our ascended prophet, the Father of Methodism in Nova Scotia, with a double portion... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...or whether he was suddenly cut oft while those who were around his bed had scarcely time to exclaim, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof ;" whether the darkness of death encompassed him around, or the light shone more clearly the nearer... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Methodist conferences - 1856 - 706 pages
...immortal shores, and thousands who lingered still on earth cried as they beheld his upward flight, " My father ! My father ! the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!" WISCONSIN CONFERENCE, Held in the Town of Waukesha, Wisconsin, June 25-July 3, 1851. BISHOP WAUGH,... | |
 | Thomas William B. Aveling - 1840 - 296 pages
...the spirit of my venerated colleague has gone, like the bereft Elisha, my aching heart exclaims, " My father ! my father ! the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. May a double portion of thy spirit be upon me." 30 And now the grave has hidden from our view all that... | |
 | Robert Stephens McAll - 1840 - 660 pages
...let them not abandon themselves to despondency, uttering only the natural but melancholy cry — " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!" — but watch, to see on whom the mantle of the prophet has descended, and still confidently exclaim,... | |
 | Enoch Pond - 1841 - 216 pages
...announced to them that he was gone. There were those who were ready to exclaim, at his departure, " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!" and who were ready to pray, that at least his mantle might descend and rest on some young and vigorous... | |
 | John George Breay - Clergy - 1841 - 572 pages
...exertion'. * * * " With love to my sisters, J remain, " Your ever affectionate son." " Bunny, April 29th, "'My father! my father! the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof.' So spake the sorrowing Elisha, when Elijah the guide of his ministry ascended to the skies. Separated... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1842 - 40 pages
...of such power and usefulness as the good Prophet so suddenly snatched from the earth, exclaimed, " My Father ! my Father ! the Chariots of Israel, and the Horsemen thereof." Since we met on the last Sabhath, intelligence has reached us of the death of the great and good Dr.... | |
 | Daniel Neal - Great Britain - 1843 - 1144 pages
...Granger'* Biog. Hilt., vol. ii., p. 157. — C. had a taste for practical religion and undissembled piety.' His funeral sermon was preached before a vast concourse...ceremonies and the king's injunctions was now pressed with ihe utmost rigour. The Rev. Mr. Crook, of Brazennose College, and Mr. Hobbes, of Trinity College, Oxford,... | |
 | Daniel Neal - Great Britain - 1843 - 1316 pages
...C. 321 had a taste for practical religion and nndissem bled piety.* His funeral sermon was preachee before a vast concourse of people, from these words, " My father, my father, the chariots 01 Israel, and the horsemen thereof!" Conformity to the new ceremonies and the king's injunctions was... | |
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My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! 
