...of his spiritual children — the last words he heard on earth were their affectionate adieus — " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof;" and as their voices died away upon his ear, the joyful welcome of a Martyn, a Thomason, or a Sargent,...

...Cor. xv. 57: "Thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory;" at Lucea, by Mr. May, from 2 Kings ii. 12: "My Father, my Father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof/' At Ocho-Rios, Mr. Millard preached from 2 Sam. iii. 38: " Know ye not that there is a prince and a...

...soul, and they would take up the exclamation of their brethren in the flesh, and say upon his approach, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!" Never can it be fully known in this world, to what an extent the labours of this great and good man...

...to the ground, where I could not forbear uttering these expressions, with some little addition ; ' My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof;' with a desire, that the youth of that neighbourhood might be favoured to take up the mantle of this...

...is fallen ! Help, Lord, for the godly man ceuseth ; for the righteous is taken away from among men. My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof. Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his. ELDER WERDEN was born June...

...Well might king Joash throw himself weeping over the dying man, and break out into the lamentation, " My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!" Israel's crown was gone ; a conductor, to speak humanly, had fallen from the people's roof; a spring...

...heaven, as it were in chariots of fire, and with horses of fire, — and vent our grief as he did ; " My father ! my father ! the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof." These have gone to their reward. And He, who gave them to His Church is still its Head ; and He is...

...to the ground, where I could not forbear uttering these expressions, with some little addition ; ' My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof;' with a desire, that the youth of that neighbourhood might be favoured to take up the mantle of this...

...sad tidings to his poor family. Sabbath, June 27th. Mr. Mottershead preached for dear brother — ' My father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.' God will own his faithful servants living and dying; the angels are fellow-servants with the saints,...

...when he saw him taken up from the earth; doth Joash now speak of Elisha, near his dissolution ; " Oh, my father, my father, the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!" The words were good, the tears were pious, but where are the actions ? Oh, Joash ! if the prophet were...