...hung upon his lips, and been disciplined by his example, have sent forth a long and solemn wail — " My father ! my father ! the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof." Such men as these are a nation's safeguard. Well might Elisha suppose, when he saw the prophet borne...

...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...

...when Elisha was living, opposed him ; but when dead, laments over him in that pathetical speech, " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof," 2 Kings xiii. 14. Saul disobeys and rejects Samuel when living, but when dead he with great pains,...

...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...

...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,...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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....

...pilot be suddenly removed when the vessel reacheth port. It cannot be that we should now have to cry, My Father, my Father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!" " Nevertheless, my son," said the Primate, " rest assured that so, and no otherwise, will it be. Art...