| Barton Bouchier - 1858 - 632 pages
...would have evaded God's commission, " Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh ? " It was the same with Jeremiah, " Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak : for I am a child." It is not every one who has Samuel's grace to answer, " Speak, Lord ; for Thy servant heareth ; " and... | |
| George W. Mylne - 1858 - 272 pages
...me to speak, and give me utterance in the things of Christ Jesus ? I would say, as Jeremiah of old, "Ah, Lord God ! behold I cannot speak, for I am a child." I am young in the faith. I am a babe in Christ — so weak, so helpless, so ignorant, so dumb. Tet,... | |
| E. W. Sprague - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 404 pages
...ordained thee a prophet (a medium) unto the nations." Jeremiah Lacked Confidence. Verse 6 : "Then said I, Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child." Jeremiah Will Be Inspired, Says the Spirit. Verse 7: "But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child... | |
| Roger Campbell - Religion - 1996 - 140 pages
...his negative feelings about public speaking and God's answer to them, Jeremiah wrote: 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... | |
| Leo Strauss - Philosophy - 1997 - 528 pages
...carnest out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 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 shall go to all that I shall send thee, and... | |
| John R. Rice - Religion - 1969 - 440 pages
...sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." In vain did this alarmed man exclaim, "Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child." The Lord answers him, "Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt speak whatsoever I command thee"; and... | |
| 2000 - 188 pages
...fears when the Lord bade him go and deliver Israel from the Midianites. Jeremiah too: "Then said I: Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child." The exercise concerning the ministry was so weighty that I feared I might be incapable of attending... | |
| Walter Wilson - Religion - 2001 - 580 pages
...up the place of so excellent and popular a preacher. His anxiety he sometimes expressed in the words of Jeremiah,* Ah, Lord God! behold I cannot speak, for I am a child. But then, he received encouragement from what immediately follows : And the Lord said unto me, Say not... | |
| John W. Wohlfarth - Religion and politics - 2001 - 409 pages
...your statue until . you see the perfect goodness established in the stainless shrine. Then said 1, 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... | |
| David Baron - Religion - 2001 - 572 pages
...which he was being called, especially in an age like his, he tried to excuse himself by exclaiming, " Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak : for I am a child." This fact should be an encouragement to those of any age who have a message from and for God. He can... | |
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