...hung over it can alone recal its spirit, and conceive its grandeur. ' If thou sawest him when he was taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so.' ' Let my last end be like his !' ' My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof!'...

...considered the request difficult to grant: j " Nevertheless," said he, " if thou see me when I am t»l« I from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be«As they walked on together, Elijah gave Elisha instructions for the better fulfilment of his prophetic...

...bold request. " Thou hast asked a large thing ; " or, " Thou hast been hard in asking : nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so." Elijah, who before tried to shake off Elisha, would now seem by these words more closely to attach...

...double portion of thy Spirit be upon me. 10 And he said, TThou hast tasked a hard thing: nevertheless, * if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. [Practical Obtenatioiu,] 1 1 IT And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold,...

...spirit might be upon him ; to which Elijah answered, " Thou hast asked a hard thing : nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so" (2 Kings ii. 10). Elijah knew that the miraculous event about to take place would be imperceptible...

...double portion of thy spirit be upon me. And He said, Thou hast asked a hard thing ; nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall...be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so." Elisha here asked what Elijah could not possibly give him, yet the latter promises that he shall have...

...requests a double portion of his spirit. " And he said, thou hast asked a hard thing : nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so. And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of lire,...

...spirit might be upon him ; to which Elijah answered, " Thou hast asked a hard thing : nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so"(2 Kings ii. 10). Elijah knew that the miraculous event about to take place would be imperceptible...

...hope easily purchased. But as Elijah said to Elisha, " Thou hast asked a hard thing ; nevertheless, ] %7 fo c D<c H G T+ z Much after that sort I commune with my heart, and say, " It is good to seek for eternal life, pursue...

...portion of thy spirit he upon me. 10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing : nevertheless, if Ihou out not,it shall not be so. 1 1 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, there...