| Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1874 - 422 pągines
...made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to...his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind ; and the sun beat... | |
| 1874 - 380 pągines
...otherwise than graceful. You know that the gourd is mentioned in the Scriptures, namely, in Jonah : "And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to...head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceedingly glad of the gourd." Some varieties are successfully cultivated in cooler regions, such... | |
| Miss Stapleton - 1874 - 256 pągines
...O Lord, the ardour brave That frames Thy Temple's Architrave; And guide us by Thine hand! MARCH 23. God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. Jonah iv. 7. Not in the evening,—when the cooler air Succeeded midday heat and feverish glare,—... | |
| 1874 - 418 pągines
...to deliver him from his distress. And Jonah was exceedingly glad of the gourd. 7 But God appointed a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd so that it withered. 8 And when the sun arose, God appointed a sultry east wind ; and the sun beat... | |
| 1837 - 472 pągines
...wisdom of God, like the disobedient prophet, because, while rejoicing under the shadow of the gourd, " God prepared a worm, when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered ; and when the east wind blew, and the sun beat upon his head, he wished in himself to die ; and said,... | |
| Benjamin Clarke - 1875 - 88 pągines
...which He might approach his heart, and convince him of his folly. " The Lord prepared a gourd, and made come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief." God rightly judged that in ministering to Jonah's physical comfort, He should divert his mind from... | |
| Robert R. Rodgers - 1875 - 266 pągines
...wounded pride he went outside the city to nurse his vexation; and in order to deliver him from his grief, "the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over him, that it might be a shadow over his head." Now all this would seem like a tale of fancy, were we... | |
| 1867 - 852 pągines
...shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. 80 Jonah was exceedingly glad of the gourd." Jonah iv. 5, 6. t ea\ This was, of course, a miracle;... | |
| Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Ceylon Branch, Colombo - 1883 - 956 pągines
...ancient fertility of the land will be restored,—the Desert blossoming as the Rose. JONAH'S GOURD. " The Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come...next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered." (Jonah iv. 6, 7.) The Fathers not only pronounced excommunications against those who differed from... | |
| Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 pągines
...made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. 6 And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to....grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.... | |
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