 | 1857 - 564 pages
...presence of the many Sanballats of the day — " I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down : why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you ?" EDG THE VALUE OF A WISE AND FAITHFUL SERVANT. " Prayers ami pains will do anything." — Du. Ca... | |
 | John Eadie - Bible - 1857 - 860 pages
...mischief. And I sent messengers nnto them, saying. I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: im that ju your FINAL DISPERSION. Dent, xxvlil, 68, 67. And thy life shall hang In doubt before the**; and thou... | |
 | Henry Augustus Boardman - Families - 1858 - 356 pages
...he was rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem : " I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down ; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?" Nehemiah and Aldus felt the value of time ; and who will censure them for trying to guard it from dissipation... | |
 | Society of Friends - 1858 - 652 pages
...magnanimous was the patriot's reply: — " I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down to you : why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you !" (Neh. vi. 3). One feature in Nehemiah's character — his determination of purpose — may be observed... | |
 | Statesmen - 1859 - 218 pages
...For Can he forget me, Will he neglect me f ing the Temple of Jerusalem, " I am doing a great work. Why should the work cease whilst I leave it and come down to you ?" And a great work, indeed, you have done, God be praised. I hope now you, yourself, will think you... | |
 | Apologetics - 1859 - 748 pages
...constrained to adopt the language of Nehemiah: " I am doing a great work, so that I can not come down; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you ?" What is claimed for them is simply this: that the ministry of the two great denominations which... | |
 | 1860 - 1346 pages
...mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down : dan; and ? 4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort ; and I answered them after the same manner. 5... | |
 | 1861 - 600 pages
...evil. And I s sent messengers unto them, saying, "I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?" Yet they « sent unto me four times after this manner; and I answered them after the same manner. 5... | |
 | Missions - 1877 - 502 pages
...question. " I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease whilst I leave it and come down to you ?" (Neh. vi. 3). These words were spoken by Nehemiah, through his messengers, to Sanballat and Geshem,... | |
 | Theology - 1861 - 596 pages
...is in accordance with God's will. " I cannot come down, for Г have neither time nor inclination ; why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you ?" Here was true courage. He was not afraid what they could do to him; he would rather suffer and die... | |
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And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? 
