| William Jay - 1834 - 326 pàgines
...thought it is, that we occupy seats once filled by those who have gone " the way of all the earth ! The fathers, where are they ? and the prophets, do they live for ever?" And we are " accomplishing as a hireling our day," and are making room for our children. Here they... | |
| John Greene - 1834 - 400 pàgines
...Thou God seest me : for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me ? Zech. i. 5.—Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live for ever ? John xv. 5.—I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth... | |
| Thomas Jackson - 1834 - 554 pàgines
...interesting anecdotes have been mentioned respecting his great character and extensive usefulness. " Our fathers, where are they ? and the prophets do they live for ever ?" May we also be ready ! I shall, all being well, be at Bradford on Sunday ; but as the president... | |
| 1835 - 398 pàgines
...THE MODERNS, THE POPULAR PREACHERS, AND THE HERETICS. [From the Christian Baptist, Vol. VI.] ".Our Fathers, where are they? and the Prophets, do they live for ever?" At one time we speak of our remote ancestors as if they had been mere children in understanding in... | |
| Edward Meyrick Goulburn - 1886 - 400 pàgines
...personal experience of every saved soul, of every lost soul, the Word of God shall live on for ever. " Your fathers, where are they ? and the prophets, do they live for ever ?" (Successive generations of hearers and preachers are swept away from the earth, and their places... | |
| John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1886 - 428 pàgines
...live long." (ii) This is a well-known form in all impassioned speech. Thus, in the Bible we find : " Your fathers, where are they ? And the prophets, do they live for ever ? " 5. The device of Exclamation may also be employed to give emphasis ; but it cannot be frequently... | |
| John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 266 pàgines
...live long." (ii) This is a well-known form in all impassioned speech. Thus, in the Bible we find : " Your fathers, where are they ? And the prophets, do they live for ever ? " 5. The device of Exclamation may also be employed to give emphasis ; but it cannot be frequently... | |
| John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 224 pàgines
...live long." (ii) This is a well-known form in all impassioned speech. Thus, in the Bible we find : " Your fathers, where are they ? And the prophets, do they live for ever ? " 5. The device of Exclamation may also be employed to give emphasis ; but it cannot be frequently... | |
| John Miller Dow Meiklejohn - 1887 - 414 pàgines
...live long." (ii) This is a well-known form in all impassioned speech. Thus, in the Bible we find : " Your fathers, where are they ? And the prophets, do they live for ever ?" 5. The device of Exclamation may also be employed to give emphasis; but it cannot be frequently... | |
| James Wolfendale - 1887 - 456 pàgines
...depends not upon any of his creatures, and that the best, most holy and most useful must die. " The fathers where are they ? and the prophets, do they live for ever ! " When some men die, a nation feels ; When others fall, the world is moved. A WORTHY SUCCESSOR. —... | |
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