...might afterwards commit, probably he would exclaim in the language of Hazael, "What ! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?" (2 Kings viii. 13.) So little are any of us acquainted with ourselves, and the depth of our iniquity, that we shrink back...

...when it is not biassed by any present temptation to the contrary. As Hazael: " ' What, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ? ' (2 Kings viii. 13.) Do you count me such a villain, such a wretch ?" And yet in an hour of temptation he acted-over all...

...should become king of Syria and do great evil to the children of Israel ; " But What ! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?" 2 Kings, viii. 13. Hazael depended on his opinion instead of his good PRINCIPLES. Let all children understand that. Hazael...

...countries at the present day. Every one must remember the exclamation of Hazael : " Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?" (2 Kings viii. 13) — showing that a dog was only another name for a most contemptible object. It would almost appear...

...God by Elisha foretold that he would do it, Hazael indignantly exclaimed, " But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?" 2 Kings viii. 13, that very thing Hazael afterwards did. Many a worldly mother would be shocked, could one foretel the...

...when he sang Psalm xxxvi. or Psalm xxxii. Or in Hazael, when he honestly exclaimed, " Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?" (2 Kings viii. 13.) If the " hair was turned white," and the plague evidently " deeper than the skin," then two things...

...when he sang Psalm xxxvi. or Psalm xxxii. Or in Hazael, when he honestly exclaimed, " Is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?" (2 Kings viii. 13.) If the " hair was turned white" and the plague evidently "deeper than the skin," then two things were...

...would formerly have abhorred in the highest degree, and have said with Hazael, 'What! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?' (2 Kings viii. 13.) William Bennit, thus opening matters to her by his wholesome admonitions, so wrought upon her mind,...

...him, but I am incapable of doing him hurt:" just as Hazael said to Elisha, "But what! is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?" 2 Kings viii. 13. Self-respect, however, is but a weak barrier against the ever-swelling tide of human depravity and...

...that he seems to have shuddered at the bare mention of them, and exclaimed, ' But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?' (2 Kings viii. 13.) And yet the sad sequel proved the truth of what God by his prophet had revealed. All Scripture," continued...