 | Joshua Wells Downing - Methodist Church - 1842 - 346 pages
...discharge of my arduous duties. And yet I do not know that I ever before could say with deeper emotion, " Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child." When I reflect that men are greatly influenced by first impressions, and that these impressions may... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 764 pages
...forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD ! behold, I cannot speak : for I am a child. 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee,... | |
 | Plain sermons - 1844 - 768 pages
...This commission was given the year after Josiah began his reformation. Jeremiah returned for answer, " Ah ! LORD GOD ! behold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child." He felt the arduousness of a prophet's office; the firmness and intrepidity which were required to... | |
 | 1845 - 584 pages
...in a dark and evil day, he feared to enter upon it, and pleaded his insufficiency : " Then said I, Ah, Lord God ! behold I cannot speak : for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and... | |
 | 1871 - 792 pages
...upon their respective offices. He would say, " Lord, I am a poor ignorant creature. How can I go ? Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak : for I am a child." Then, when he fancied he had got clear of the inward conviction and the Divine call, the thought would... | |
 | William Evans - Quakers - 1845 - 496 pages
...vision. I remembered the humiliating language of one formerly, who was ordained a prophet to the nations; "Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child." Such a sense of natural and creaturely impotence, notwithstanding any gifts or qualifications which... | |
 | Henry Scougal - Theology - 1846 - 292 pages
...from the womb, and ordained a prophet to the nations, when he received his commission, he cried out, Ah! Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. And Ezekiel though strengthened and confirmed by God, yet went unwillingly; yea, in the bitterness... | |
 | Joseph Benson - Bible - 1846 - 1102 pages
...out of the womb I h sanctified thee, and I * ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 6 Then said I, z a P ' J u< z/;l Ǒ ` A 1 Li 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shall go to all that I shall send thee,... | |
 | William Reilly - Methodism - 1847 - 386 pages
...pleaded his total inability, — he would say " Lord, I am a poor ignorant creature, — How can I go? Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child." Then it would rush into his mind, " Do you not know the disease?" — "O yes, Lord, I do!" — "And... | |
 | Charles Wesley - 1849 - 556 pages
...stood up all the prayers and sermon-time. The First Lesson was a remarkable word to me : " Then said I, Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak : for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and... | |
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Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 
