| Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 sider
...judge a man by his desires, says the preacher ; and his desire is that ol Moses, Num. x. 1 — 2. " Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them. ' The world, he opines, would have assumed a goodlier aspect, had this wish been... | |
| Gotthold Salomon - 1839 - 264 sider
...expressed in the original as follows: — imvnx nirv m» >3 D»«»M nirv pjH?3 wv »oi . .. . . • *• " WOULD GOD, THAT ALL THE LORD'S PEOPLE WERE PROPHETS, AND THAT THE LORD WOULD PUT HIS SPIRIT UPON THEM." Few words ! much meaning ! A heart full of love, an understanding full of light,... | |
| 1839 - 438 sider
...How often with Moses and Whitefield, (who frequently used these words,) do I feel inclined to say, " Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them ! " When in better times the Lord gave the word, " great was the company of those... | |
| Thomas Lewis - 1839 - 404 sider
...them as the best token of God's blessing on his own ministry ; and will be ready to say, "Would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." Finally, the members of a christian church owe to the world around them, 3.... | |
| Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - 1839 - 288 sider
...what influence they were speaking, and requested Joshua to dismiss his also. " Would God," said he, " that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them." After this Moses and the elders went into the camp. A wind, sent by the Lord... | |
| Benjamin Hanbury - 1839 - 628 sider
...edification or comfort of the church, could full from elsewhere than from their lips ? Moses wished that ' all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them ; ' and Paul gives liberty to ' the whole church,' and to ' all ' in it, women... | |
| John James - 1840 - 946 sider
...answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid then. And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake ? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them ! Never let me desire any other state or condition of life than that appointed... | |
| John Anderson (methodist.) - 1840 - 52 sider
...man of God, when informed that the young men prophesied in the camp : " Enviest thou for me, would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." " And it shall come to-pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of... | |
| John Gibson MacVicar - 1840 - 396 sider
...what was the answer of the great prophet ? " Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake. I would that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." An answer in which we cannot fail to observe a resemblance to that which our... | |
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