...to prove to Elijah that he really saw the chariots of fire, and the horses of fire, he cried out, " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof." E. What did he mean when he said that 1 M. I think he must have meant, that it was far better for Israel...

...consideration of your years and office, to exclaim, in the language of young Elisha to his ancient seer, ' My father ! My father ! The chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.' ' There, there they are, and there is he, your son ! Whom faith pursues, and eager hope discerns, In...

...should be lamented. One attached to them by affinity or friendship, might well mourn over them and say, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof. Especially should this be the case, if these individuals have occupied such a station as gave their...

...prophet, as he saw his beloved father in God going up to heaven in a chariot of fire exclaim : . . . . " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!" And that poor despised man, clad in his lowly garb, and set ut nought by the mighty of the world, did...

...destroyer! Whenever his valuable life may be required by the God who gave it, many a tongue will exclaim, " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof;" and it will be no false eulogium to write upon his tomb, " When the ear heard me, then it blessed me...

...undissembled His funeral sermon was preached before a vast concourse of |xx>plc, from these words, " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!" Conformity to the new ceremonies and the king's injunctions was now pressed with the utmost rigour....

...undissembled piety-f-. His funeral sermon was preached before a vast concourse of people, from these words, " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!" Conformity to the new ceremonies and the king's injunctions was now pressed with the utmost rigour....

...beloved ties. He has left a widow to mourn his untimely fate. He has left many children to exclaim, " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof." He has left many friends, bosom friends, who mourn as for a brother : he has left, beside, many missionary...

...|3 sence of his spirit in those regions where joy, and love, and peace, reign unalloyed for ever. " My Father, my Father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof !" — of the translation of our Elijah's spirit into the realms of light I had no doubt, — but where...

...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...