...if he were somewhat indignant with his master for thinking that he was capable of so great a sin. " But what ! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this thing ?" (2 Kings viii. 13) said Hazael to Elisha when the prophet told him what evil he would do. And Peter,...

...be regarded as emblematical of the process of conversion. (203.) » Kings viii. 13. And Hazael said, But what! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this thing ? 1. How little do we know of our own heart! 2. How fearful a deterioration of character a slight change...

...that cheat the eye and mock the heart. Such, alas ! are piety and goodness to many a moral travel ler. They are but visions ; ever in the distance ; never...lives of many. What a mournful thing it is, indeed, to contemplate — nothing on earth so mournful ; on the one hand, sentiments noble, powers divine, a...

...of good, of so many solemn protests against evil ! When Hazael said, with indignant profe-station, " But what ! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this thing?" we read, and it is one of those couching traits of which the Bible is so full, that the man of God looked upon him and wept. And well...

...and their young men thou wilt slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children." And Hazael said, " But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this thing?" And Elisha answered, "The Lord hath showed me that thou shall be king over Syria." The next day Hazael,...

...and their young men thou wilt slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children." And Hazael said, " But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this thing?" And Elisha answered, "The Lord hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. " The next day Hazael,...

...Hazael shrunk with horror from the picture Elisha drew. He answered in confidence — in indignation, " What, is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing ?" Tet the prophecy worked in him. It mastered every prompting of loyalty, friendship and principle...

...that cheat the eye and mock the heart. Such, alas ! are piety and goodness to many a moral travel ler. They are but visions ; ever in the distance ; never...lives of many. What a mournful thing it is, indeed, to contemplate — nothing on earth so mournful ; on the one hand, sentiments noble, powers divine, a...

...itself in society in such results, that, if they had been foretold, the man himself would have said, " What ! is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing ? " It does not follow, therefore, because a man cannot state to others, and perhaps does not even...

...itself in society in such results, that, if they had been foretold, the man himself would have said, " What ! is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing ? " It does not follow, therefore, because a man cannot state to others, and perhaps does not even...