So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him. The Works of President Edwards - Page 394by Jonathan Edwards - 1809Full view - About this book
| Esther Copley - Animals in the Bible - 1829 - 742 pages
...should answer by fire should be acknowledged as God. How solemn his appeal to the people in general. " How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow Him ; .but if Baal, then follow him." — Such an appeal is often addressed to us. Young people, is it... | |
| Youth - 1829 - 262 pages
...addressed in the language of Elijah to the Israelites, when they were ensnared to idolatrous worship : " How long halt ye between two opinions ? If the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal, then follow him." You have the duties of a Christian recommended to your practice :... | |
| Gilbert Burnet - Reformation - 1829 - 650 pages
...despiseth his OJCH soul: but he that submitteth himself to correction, w K'ISC. 3. Reg. 18. Elias, How long halt ye between two opinions ? If the Lord be God, follow him ; but if Baal be he, go after him. P. 296. N. 54. This letter was not written to archbishop Cranmer,... | |
| Robert Pollok - Judgment Day - 1829 - 300 pages
...humiliation and prayer, before the celebration of the communion. The text was, 1 Kings, xviii. 81. " How long halt ye between two opinions ? If the Lord be God, follow him ; but if Baal, then follow him." The sermon a said to have been in some parts awfully grand, and to... | |
| Bible - 1829 - 1012 pages
...gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. 21 And El Hah came unto all the people, and said,TIow long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him :. out if Baal, then follow him. Am' the people answered him not a word. 22 Then said Elijah unto the... | |
| Cornelius Roosevelt Duffie - Sermons, American - 1829 - 444 pages
...which are to be found in the ordinances of his Church ; the expostulation is forced from their lips, " How long halt ye " between two opinions? if the Lord be God, fol" low him : but if Baal, then follow him." St. Paul could appeal to those among whom he ministered... | |
| George Townsend - Sermons, English - 1830 - 540 pages
...ON INDECISION OF CHARACTER. 1 KINGS xviii. 21. 24*. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? If the Lord be God, follow Him : but if Baal, then follow him. — Call ye on the nameof your gods, and I will call on the name of... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 564 pages
...with him ? What if we call the people together, and bespeak them as Elijah did, (1 Kings xviii. 21,) " How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal, then follow him." If a careless, ungodly, worldly, fleshly life be best, and most please... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1830 - 622 pages
...dreadful, reminded them of the scene on Mount Carmel, when Elijah came before the people, and said, ' How long halt ye between two opinions ? If the L.ord be God, follow him ; but if Baal, then follow him.' A little before sunset, the priest came forth, and ordered the pile... | |
| Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 630 pages
...eight hundred and fifty false prophets, that Jezebel maintained. And Elijah said to all the people, " How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal be God, follow him." And he said, " 1 only remain a prophet of the Lord, and Baal's prophets... | |
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