| Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 310 pages
...tomb of Lazarus. Witness these. , distressed Davids, who weep as they go, and exclaim, O Absalom my son ! my son Absalom / would God I had died for thee ! 0 Absalom my son, my son I 2 Sam. xviii. 33. Witness these Rachels, who make Rama eeho with their cries, refusing to be comforted,... | |
| Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 308 pages
...father ! look at that society, there is thy son, at whose death thou didst exclaim, O Absalom, my son, would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son! And you,1 too, distressed Rachels ! whose voices are heard, lamenting, weeping, and mourning, refusing... | |
| Thomas De Witt Talmage - 1801 - 256 pages
...pressing them against his temples as though he would press them in, crying: "0 Absalom! my son ! my son! Would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom! my son! my son!" My friends, the question which David, the King, asked in regard to his son is the question that resounds... | |
| 1869
...season ; there shall be showers of blessing." CHILDBEN IN RELIGIOUS HOUSEHOLDS. " O MY son Absalom ! my le stiff and needle-like, though exquisitely delicate, hairs which cover its s I" — was the exceeding bitter cry of David as he went up to vent his grief in the chamber of the... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 666 pages
...prime of his days, and the very act of his sin ; and this •was the occasion of those moving words, 0 my son, Absalom, my son, my son, Absalom ! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son ! We may charitably, and I think very reasonably suppose,... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pages
...the prime of his days, and the very act of his sin ; and this was the occasion of those moving words, 0 my son, Absalom, my son, my son, Absalom ! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son ! We may charitably, and I think very reasonably suppose,... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 614 pages
...bereaved of all comrart, and cared not to live but in the name of 'Absalom, goes and weeps and cries out, 0 my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would God I had died for thee; 0 Absalom, my son, my son! what is this we hear ? That he, whose life Israel valued at ten thousand of theirs, should be exchanged... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 578 pages
...bereaved of all comfort, and cared not to live but in the name of Absalom, goes and weeps and cries out, 0 my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ! Would God, I had died for t tire ; 0 Absalom, my son, my son! What is this we hear ? That he, whose life Israel valued... | |
| 1863 - 904 pages
...went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept; and as he went thus he said, 0 m)' son Absalom ! my son, my son, Absalom, would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son ! " Such is the sad liistory and end of a favourite son, on whom all that wealw of love was squandered... | |
| 1832 - 644 pages
...assembled the children, and read a very affecting discourse from Dr. Doddridge, from 2 Samuel xviii. 33, "0 my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son !" It was a very affecting discourse ; our dear children seemed to... | |
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