| Timothy George - Religion - 1982 - 278 pages
...lengthy sermon (his text was Ezra 8:21: "theire att the River by Ahaua I proclaimed a fast, that wee might humble ourselves before our God and seek of him a Right way for vs and our children") and led the congregation in "powering out prayers to the lord." 144 The next... | |
| Timothy George - Religion - 1982 - 278 pages
...lengthy sermon (his text was Ezra 8:21: "theire att the River by Ahaua I proclaimed a fast, that wee might humble ourselves before our God and seek of him a Right way for vs and our children") and led the congregation in "powering out prayers to the lord."144 The next day... | |
| Roland Edmund Murphy - Religion - 1994 - 146 pages
...the Temple and turned the king's favor to him. His preparation for the trip is described thus: 'Then I proclaimed a fast. ..that we might humble ourselves before our God to petition from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions. For I would... | |
| William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - Literary Collections - 1994 - 868 pages
...at ye river, by Ahava, I proclaimed a fast, that we might humble ourselves before our God and seeke of Him a right way for us, and for our Children, and for our substance." ...The rest of the time was spent in powering out prairs to ye Lord with greate fervencie,... | |
| Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - History - 1997 - 1146 pages
...ready to departe, they had a day of sollemn humiliation, their pastor taking his texte from Ezra 8. 21. 97 seeke of him a right way for us, and for our children, and for all our substance. Upon which he spente... | |
| David A. Weir - History - 2005 - 486 pages
...Robinson led the entire congregation in a day of prayer and fasting. He took as his text Ezra 8:21: “And there at the river, by Ahava, I proclaimed...and for our children, and for all our substance.” 25 The biblical context of this verse is the trip that Ezra and the Israelites made from Babylon to... | |
| David A. Weir - History - 2005 - 486 pages
...Robinson led the entire congregation in a day of prayer and fasting. He took as his text Ezra 8:21: "And there at the river, by Ahava, I proclaimed a...way for us, and for our children, and for all our substance."25 The biblical context of this verse is the trip that Ezra and the Israelites made from... | |
| Meadville Theological School - 1919 - 476 pages
...pastor, John Robinson, spent the greater part of the day preaching a sermon from Ezra 8:21. "And there by the river, by Ahava, I proclaimed a fast, that we...and for our children, and for all our substance." The rest of the day was spent, says Bradford, "in pouring out prayers to the Lord with great fervor... | |
| History - 1887 - 280 pages
...solemn fasting and prayer. Pastor Robinson preached to them " a good- part of the day" on the text, "And there at the river, by Ahava, I proclaimed a fast, that we might 1mmble ourselves before our God and seek of him a right way for us and for our children and for all... | |
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