 | Olinthus Gregory - Apologetics - 1829 - 340 pages
..." fervent prayer " of a righteous man availeth much," informs us that " Ettas was a man, subject to like passions as we are, " and he prayed earnestly...might not rain ; and " it rained not on the earth for three years and six " months ; and he prayed again, and the heaven gave " rain, and the earth brought... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - Apologetics - 1829 - 342 pages
..." fervent prayer " of a righteous man availeth much," informs us that " Elias was a man, subject to like passions as we are, " and he prayed earnestly...might not rain ; and " it rained not on the earth for three years and six " months ; and he prayed again, and the heaven gave " rain, and the earth brought... | |
 | James Nourse - 1829 - 292 pages
...prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he 17 prayed earnestly that it might not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months : and he prayed again, and 18 the heaven gave rain, and... | |
 | Gilbert Wardlaw - Prayer - 1830 - 168 pages
...them."* " The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man availeth much. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that...it might not rain-; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the... | |
 | John Gregory Pike - 1831 - 396 pages
...were scattered and fled.f " Elijah," doubtless to correct and reform a murderous, idolatrous nation, " prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it rained...earth for the space of three years and six months ; and he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit."8 On another... | |
 | Joseph A. Seiss - Religion - 540 pages
...rain may not fall during the days of their prophesying." When Elijah was the first time on earth, " he prayed earnestly that it might not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months " (James 5 : 17, 18) ; and the same will be repeated when... | |
 | John R. Rice - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2000 - 458 pages
...that ate at her table daily. Wickedness and idolatry became so widespread that the good prophet Elijah "prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months" (Jas. 5:17). He answered that "there shall not be dew nor... | |
 | Christina Rossetti - Poetry - 2001 - 1284 pages
...full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.' Title [untitled] 1892. 'Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain' (James 5:17). 6 the new man 'And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness... | |
 | Donald E. Jenkins - Religion - 2002 - 118 pages
...made it very accessible to all humanity. In James 5:17-18, he declares, "Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that...it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the... | |
 | Thomas Holland - Bible - 2002 - 338 pages
...they pray with a great passion, we can expect to see great things from God. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain. This story of Elijah can be found in 1 Kings 17-18. Verses 19-20: He which converteth the sinner. There... | |
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Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly, that it might not rain ; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth... 
