...religion, is to communicate and dispense what we have. " And MCBCS 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 !" Numb. 1 1 : 29. And no one knows horn much good may sometimes result from "a word fitly spoken."...

...that he checked the eagerness of his servant in these terms : " Enviest thou for my sake ? would to GOD that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them ! The next incident in the life of Joshua shows a mind zealous for truth amidst the most formidable...

...Joshua, the young man who always waited on Moses. MAMA. And how did his meek master rebuke him ? MARY. " Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit among them !" MAMA. Let such be our ardent aspirings, Mary, that the " knowledge of God may fill the...

...that the Jew ' himself must confess*, that Christ has realized what Moses ' could only wish ; " Would that all the Lord's people were 'prophets, and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them." ' (Numb, xi. 29.)' VI. " Have ye received the Holy Ghost ?" (Acts xix.2.) VII. " Try the Spirits."...

...shall animate and strengthen. They shall have fulfilled in them the generous wish of Moses ; — " Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets,...and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." They shall possess, what St. John describes as actually enjoyed by those to whom he writes, —" An...

...answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 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 ! And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. And there went forth a wind from the...

...nursing j "either beareth the suckling child in his bosom1, — who, in his lowly meekness exclaimed, would God, that all the Lord's people were prophets,...and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them*; who, prayed, in love strong as death towards them, yet now, if Thou wilt, forgive their sin, and if...

...a deadly nature. Do you remember to have read Moses' rebuke of Joshua : " 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." Do you not see that envy deprives you of that sweet feeling which rejoices in the honour of another,...

...told him, and begged him to forbid them. Moses answered him, " Envieat thou for my sake"? Would to God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." This shows the disinterested love which Moses had for the Israelites, and is another proof of the humility...

...he accounted them " fellow-helpers to the truth," and often adopted the language of one of old—" Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets,...and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them." He was, however, devotedly attached to the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion. He believed the doctrines...