 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 whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.  Commentary on First John - Page 8by R. C. Candlish - 2002 - 268 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | American education society - 1833 - 406 pages
...the Lord was kindled against Moses." Jeremiah was equally unwilling to do as the Lord commanded him. "Ah, Lord God, behold I cannot speak ; for I am a child." Your pastor, or other judicious friends, will be better able than you to judge how far your excuse... | |
 | 1834 - 428 pages
...of a slow tongue," Exodus iv. 10. ; and the language of my text is truly descriptive of his case, " Ah ! Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child." Again we observe that the solicitude of a servant of the Lord is sometimes truly painful, arising from... | |
 | Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - 1853 - 274 pages
...duty. With the modesty so common an attendant on. genius and true worth, he desired to be excused : "Ah, Lord God, behold I cannot speak, for I am a child." But gathering confidence from the promise of divine aid, he entered on the responsible task. And a... | |
 | Francis Close - 1834 - 462 pages
..." I am but a little child, I know not how to go out or come in !" J Or with Jeremiah the Prophet, " Ah, Lord God, behold I cannot speak, for I am a child !" fl" In knowledge and spiritual understanding, what is the greatest man on earth but a little child... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine, Donald Fraser - 1836 - 612 pages
...prophet, through a sense of his inability in himself to manage such a hard work, cries out, ver. 6, " Ah, Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child." His heart fails him in such an undertaking, and he is afraid to meddle with it. The same we see in... | |
 | 1836 - 900 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,... | |
 | Samuel Wilton RIX - 1837 - 280 pages
...Mr. Russell's place," * Harmer's MSS. f Prot. Bias. Mag. vi. 349. from Jerem. i. 6, " Then said I, Ah, Lord God ; behold I cannot speak, for I am a child." On which occasion he " gave uncommon content and satisfaction," and his friends were encouraged to... | |
 | John Jebb - 1837 - 512 pages
...from the womb, and ordained a prophet to the nations, when he received his commission, cried out, " Ah ! Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child." Ezekiel, though strengthened and confirmed by God, yet went unwillingly ; yea, " in the bitterness... | |
 | Samuel Wilton Rix - 1837 - 278 pages
...this notice, preached his first sermon " in Mr. Russell's place," from Jerem. i. 6, " Then said I, Ah, Lord God; behold I cannot speak, for I am a child." On which occasion he " gave uncommon content and satisfaction," and his friends were encouraged to... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 600 pages
...to this great service ; and predetermined thee, to be a prophet to the nations. I. 6. Then said I. Ah, Lord GOD ! behold, I cannot speak : for I am a child. Then said I, alas, O Lord God ! behold, I am unfit, and unable, and unworthy to carry thy great messages... | |
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