| Christian life - 1841 - 596 pages
...flippant. There is a solemn grandeur in the mockery with which Elijah addressed the fanatical worshippers of Baal, ' Cry aloud ; for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or perad venture he sleepeth, and must be awakened.'" " Do you think," asked Lady Sophia,... | |
| J. Stephen Lang - Games & Activities - 1999 - 516 pages
...Diana of the Ephesians. 75. What is truth? 76. Can there be any good thing come out of Nazareth? 77. Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 78. Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father... | |
| Leopold Damrosch - English prose literature - 1989 - 276 pages
...upon their God but receive no answer. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves... | |
| Leland Monk - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 212 pages
...Hardy's allusion is to / Kings (18:2.7), where Elijah the Tishbite mocks the prophets of Baal by saying, "Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Hardy turns Elijah's mockery back on... | |
| Nicholas Rescher - Philosophy - 1994 - 196 pages
...danced upon the altar which was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is hunting, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked... [Then Elijah] built... | |
| Avi Erlich - Religion - 2010 - 298 pages
...leaped upon the altar which was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves... | |
| Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord - History - 1995 - 544 pages
...are not as other men. And lest the Omniscient hear them not, then do they cry aloud in remonstrance: "Cry aloud, for He is a God; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Thus has Mrs. Stowe lifted up her voice,... | |
| J. Dwight Pentecost - Religion - 1965 - 164 pages
...and hatred to kindness and mercy. "And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked" (v. 27). Elijah was voicing the heathen... | |
| J. Dwight Pentecost - Religion - 1999 - 212 pages
...upon the altar which they had made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked" (vv. 26-27). Their concept was that their... | |
| Oscar Wilde - Literary Collections - 2000 - 366 pages
...after the fashion of the prophet Elijah, who had taunted the priests of Baal for their god's impotence: 'Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or perad venture he sleepeth, and must be awaked'. 13. The phrase 'feet of brass' is... | |
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