...Jerusalem." — 2 Chronicles ii. 16. " Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, , Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it ; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa ; and...

..." The cause behold in me." " NO W the word of the Lord came unto Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness is come up before me" (Jonah 1.) This was Jonah's commission, given him by the great God himself, and was it obeyed with...

...weeps,— " The cause behold in me." "NOW the word of the Lord came unto Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness is come up before me." (Jonah 1.) This was Jonah's commission, given him by the great God himself, and was it obeyed with...

...you will find it thus written : "Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it ; for their wickedness is come up before me." We are not told by what means this message came to Jonah. You remember that God had various ways of...

...kingdom shall be the LORD'S. "VTOW the word of the LORD came ,1л unto Jonah the son of Amittai, Baying, alt But Jonah rose up to nee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa ; and...

...and requires him to transact with the inhabitants of a heathen city. The word that came to him was, " Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me." The message, too, with which he was charged, appears in the circumstances scarcely less strange in...

...This is mentioned as the cause of the divine displeasure in Jonah's commission. Jlrise, go to JVmeveA, that great city, and cry against it : for their wickedness is come up before me. Jonah i. 2. Their wickedness has reached to heaven ; and can no longer be endured. But before the fatal...

...LECTIIEE II. NINEVEH IN THE DAYS OF THE PEOPHET JONAH : ITS EXTENT, WICKEDNESS, AND HUMILIATION. " Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it ; for their wickedness is come up before me." — Jonah i. 2. WE left the ancient palace of Ninus in ruins, and the old city of Nineveh involved...

...Light can dissipate. But we have next presented to us the message which came to the prophet Jonah : "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it ; for their wickedness has come up before me." Here is the path of duty plainly pointed out. The thing to be done — " Go...

...[Turning to Mr. Gumming. ~\ Кет. J. GUMMING. — Pray go on, sir. Mr. FRENCH. — The words are, " Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it ; for their wickedness is come up before me." — [Turning again to Mr. Gumming ' Rev. J. GUMMING. — What is it for? Mr. FRENCH. — I want it...