 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...Dr. Hart accordingly came, true to his promise, preaching at the funeral from the words of Elisha, 'My father, my father; the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.' In the burial, ground adjoining his meeting-house, lies all that was mortal of Sninuel Hopkins."* Dr.... | |
 | Cotton Mather - New England - 1855 - 676 pages
...alas! all-devouring death at last snatched him from us, and slighted all those lamentations of ours, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!" When he was become a sort of Miles Emeritus, and began to draw near his end, he grew still more heavenly,... | |
 | 1855 - 614 pages
...who were his constant hearers will be ready to exclaim with the agitated and bereaved prophet — " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof," for to thein the decease of Mr. Phelips will be an almost irreparable loss. The aged among them have... | |
 | Cotton Mather - New England - 1855 - 680 pages
...alas! all-devouring death at last snatched him from us, and slighted all those lamentations of ours, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!" When he was become a sort of Miles Emeritus, and began to draw near his end, he grew still more heavenly,... | |
 | William Jay - Clergy - 1855 - 448 pages
...piercing wind, to drop a silent tear upon his grave, w.hile mam a, sorrowful heart devoutly exclaimed, "My father! my father! the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!" But for the wishes of the family to make the obsequies as unostentatious as possible, a large number... | |
 | Thomas Guthrie - Bible - 1856 - 496 pages
...to glory, leaves spiritual sons behind him to weep by the cast-off mantle of his flesh, and cry, " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! " What dignities does this world offer? what glittering stars, what jewelled honours flash on her swelling... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 704 pages
...Dr. Hart accordingly came, true to hia promise, preaching at the funeral from the words of Elisha, ' My father, my father; the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.' In the burialground adjoining his meeting-house, lies all that was mortal of Samuel Hopkins.1"* Dr.... | |
 | 1856 - 806 pages
...and Elijah is carried up by a whirlwind, while his faithful follower exclaims in grief and fear, " My father, my father! the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof;" as though he thought there was no longer safety or defence for himself or his country. But his cry... | |
 | Thomas Guthrie - Bible - 1857 - 408 pages
...to glory, leaves spiritual sons behind him to weep by the cast-off mantle of his flesh, and cry, " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!" What honors does this world offer? what stars, what jeweled honours flash on her swelling breast, to... | |
 | 1857 - 802 pages
...heard on many a distant shore, as when a prophet has fallen, or a public benefactor been removed — " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof." And now the venerable Principal has been gathered to his fathers. At the age of 87, and in the G7th... | |
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My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! 
