...overflows me, and. the transforming beams unfold, and bear me hence, to everlasting day. Elisha. " My father ! my father ! the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!" Thus with a prosperous soul, the holy prophet Ascended ; Elisha caught his mantle, walked in his steps,...

...instructed by his doctrine, and allured by his example, now follow him to the grave, exclaiming, " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof !" It is thus that God provides for his church the fittest instruments, endows them with the most eminent...

...Burckhardt, p. 135. Page Ixix. Chariots — See 2 Kings ii. 12. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof" — Page Ixxi. Myrtle wood— See Zechariah i. 8. Ezekiel i. 3, 15. Malachi ii. 3, 24. Concerning the...

...exclamation of one of old, almost instinctively, and with great power, occurred to remembrance — " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof." I must confess, in consequence of the profound veneration and unbounded esteem in which 1 was induced...

...thing, would soon have recovered them from their errors. O how is our loss swallowed up in the public! My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. But whither would our passions drive us? Shall wo forget the governour of the world, and who is the...

...exclaim, as Elisha did of Elijah, on a recollection of the fiery chariot which parted us asunder, " my father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!" In vain do we look within the boundaries of Zion for the humble spirit, and meekness, and ability,...

...would soon have recovered them from their errors. O how is our loss swallowed up in the public ! " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!" But whither would our passions drive us ? Shall we forget the Governor of the world, and who is " the...

...thing, would soon have recovered them from their errors. O how is our loss swallowed up in the public! My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. But whither would our passions drive us? Shall we forget the governour of the world, and who is the...

...how should we long after him, and cry after him, asElisha after Elijah, when he saw him ascending, " essions we discovered much; yet in none of them was so plainly revealed 2 Kings -: I"J. How should we cry after him, " O my Lord, and my God, see that my name be written in...

...suddenly separated them, and Elijah was carried in a whirlwind to heaven; whilst Elisha exclaimed, " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!" 5. Elijah was one of the most eminent of that illustrious and singular race of men, the .Jewish prophets....