...: and behold, then come a voice unto him, and said, What does! thou here, Elijah? 14 And he said, 1 thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, irown down thine altars, and slain thy prohets with Ihe sword ; and I, men I only, am eft ; and they...

...certainly stone him. I Kings, xix. 10. And he said, 1 have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets wsword; and I, evenl only, am left; and they seek my life to take it away. Prov. xiii. 13. Whoso despiseth...

...he said : "It is enough. Now, O ! Lord, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers." " I, even I, only am left ; and they seek my life to take it away-" But what was the answer of the Lord to Elijah ? " I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the...

...compares himself to Elijah ; — " when the Lord came to him and said, ' what dost thou here Elijah ;' and he said, ' I have been very jealous for the Lord God of Hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and thrown down thine altars, and slain thy...

...faithful in his day. " The children of Israel," saith he, " have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and...am left, and they seek my life, to take it away."* But what saith the answer of God to him ? "I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which...

...in of the cave. And behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah ? 14 2 uown thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek...

...And behold, the word of the Lord came to him ; and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah ? And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets...

...their God.— 2 Sam. vii. 23, 24. When Elijah had complained against Israel, and concluded, saying, And I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life: God answered him, Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto...

...abolished. We see what came to pass in the days of the prophet Elijah : he saith, 1 Kings xix. 14. "The children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away." But the Lord reproveth him, by telling him that he hath yet seven thousand in Israel, who have not...

...circumstances require. Elijab despondingly replied, " I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,...sword ; and I, even I only, am left and they seek to take away my Kfe'." We are too apt, like Elijah, to yield to sinful discouragements, and to make...