...their altar ! While, from the attitude and countenance of Elijah, I can suppose that he is saying, " Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking,...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Enraged by this taunt, Baal's priests cut themselves with knives and lances ; VOL. III. i. the blood...

...through Persia, p. 154; Holderness on the Manners and Customs of the Crim Tartars, p. 5. 1 Kings xviii. 27. " And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." — " From earliest dawn till noon, an Italian or Cicilian church stands with portals wide. It is then...

...through Persia, p. 154; Holderness on the Manners and Customs of the Crim Tartars, p. 5. : 1 Kings xviii. 27. " And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." — " From earliest dawn till noon, an Italian or Cicilian church stands with portals wide. It is then...

...': ' could not well decline, because UMÍ *w* for the sun, i lu source of light und but " for he (n) is a god, either he is talking, " or he is pursuing,...must "be awaked." 28. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. 29. And...

...mistake not, it has received the clearest possible sanction in the conduct of inspired men of God. " And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he aleepeth, and must be awaked." This was the keenest irony, and on the most solemn of all subjects....

...adversaries, '2 Kings i. 10. He prays again, and the sluices of * 1 Kings xviii. 27. " And it came to pass nt noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud...pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he slrepeih, and must be a'vakeJ." heaven are shut; there is neither dew nor rain for several years, 1...

...and yet he they very s words. *J * Gen. vi. 0. i Joh i. 1. ! 1 Kings xvill. 27. ' And It came top-ass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud,...talking, or he is pursuing", or he is in a journey, or peradven' ure he sleepeth, and must oe awaked.' Arc we delighted with iostances of magnanimity? A -ingle...

...worshippers of Baal, — irony founded on the notions which the worshippers entertained of their deity. " Cry aloud: for he is a God ; either he is talking,...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood...

...that title of honour and dignity—the first in rank, chief sultana, or queen downger. 1 Kings, xviii. 27. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked...either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. Homer's deities are represented travelling,...

...hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth,and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves afterfteir manner with knives...