We beseech thee, moreover, that thou do gird up the loins of these thy servants, who are going forth to fight thy battles. Make them strong men, that "one shall chase a thousand, and two shall put ten thousand to flight. Centennial Papers - Página 60por Congregational Churches in Connecticut. General Conference - 1877 - 214 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Richard Henry Gilbert - 1918 - 136 páginas
...are calculated to stimulate thought and constitute a strong challenge to faith. The last one quoted, "One shall chase a thousand, and two shall put ten thousand to flight," is suggestive of conflict, warfare, the military life, and this may afford us a helpful illustration.... | |
| George Edward White - 1918 - 102 páginas
...measures are ultimately carried by a majority vote in which the minority acquiesce. The expression, " One shall chase a thousand and two shall put ten thousand to flight," well sets forth the conviction of the group that combination more than doubles effectiveness. The College... | |
| 1919 - 740 páginas
...efficient force of assistants who can be used to enforce the criminal laws. In the olden days it was said that " one shall chase a thousand and two shall put ten thousand to flight." One Federal officer backed by the United States Government will put a thousand bootleggers and moonshiners... | |
| Worth Marion Tippy, Paul Bentley Kern - 1919 - 168 páginas
...worship is not the highest worship. Worship is supremely a social act. There is a saying in Deuteronomy that one shall chase a thousand, and two shall put ten thousand to flight. What is meant is that when one acts alone he is only one, but when two act together their power is... | |
| Litchfield Historical Society (Conn.) - 1920 - 216 páginas
...peradventure, should any escape thy vengence, collect them together again, O Lord, as in the hollow of thy hand, and let thy lightnings play upon them. We beseech...chase a thousand, and two shall put ten thousand to fiight. Hold before them the shield with which thou was wont in the old time to protect thy chosen... | |
| Alain Campbell White - 1920 - 620 páginas
...together again, O Lord! as in the hollow of Thy hand, and let Thy lightnings play upon them. We do beseech Thee, moreover, that Thou do gird up the loins...chase a thousand, and two shall put ten thousand to fiight'. Hold before them the shield with which Thou wast wont in the old time to protect Thy chosen... | |
| 1921 - 362 páginas
...impulsion of a divine Spirit to join that elect company of earth's mortals of whom it has been declared that "one shall chase a thousand, and two shall put ten thousand to flight." The natural timidity of his character, however, gave him a certain wiry tenaciousness through which... | |
| Francis Williams Rockwell - 1924 - 250 páginas
...venture, should any escape thy vengeance, collect them 'together again, O Lord, as in the hollow of thy hand, and let 'thy lightnings play upon them. 'We...moreover, that thou do gird up the loins 'of these they servants who are going forth to fight thy battles. 'Make them strong men that "one shall chase... | |
| Jerome Davis - 1927 - 400 páginas
...responsibility can only be fulfilled by collective action. There is significance in the Bible statement that "one shall chase a thousand, and two shall put ten thousand to flight." The multiplied force that comes from being "all with one accord in one place" is not unknown to the... | |
| Cornelius Woelfkin - 1927 - 292 páginas
...is such a thing as the psychology of a crowd. It is not an addition of individuals in a sum total. "One shall chase a thousand, and two shall put ten thousand to flight." So in a congregation of worshipers there is an undefined multiplication of power. When we come to the... | |
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