 | John Watkins - 1833 - 526 Seiten
...a good and benevolent heart, " O, my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom," he exclaimed, " would to God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son !" The ingratitude of this unnatural youth was forgotten, all his wickedness was passed over, and David... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 Seiten
...the gatn, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, (5) O my son 'Absalom ! my son, my son ' Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, O 'Absalom, my son, my son. SOLOMON' s PRAYER, AT THE TEMPLE. 1 KINGS vni. — 22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - 1834 - 590 Seiten
...broke, and burst out in an irrepressible flood of grief, — " O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom, would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son !" One of the bitterest pangs which a parent can experience when about to die, is the thought that... | |
 | William Jay - 1834 - 326 Seiten
...over the gate, and wept: and, as he went, thus he said, 0 my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom, would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son !" But this parental affection is stronger on the side of the female than the male. Not only has the... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 Seiten
...over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said ; 0 my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee ! O Absalom, my son, my son!'' — Sermon xi. p. 335. * Is not this one of the earliest intercessions on behalf of the poor slaves... | |
 | rev William Ellis - 298 Seiten
...gate and wept ; and as he wept, thus he said : O, my son Absalom ! my sou, my son Absalom ! Would to God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!" The victory was turned into mourning, and the people who had triumphed "got them by stealth that day... | |
 | W. E. Trenchard - 1835 - 454 Seiten
...death in those expressions of the keenest anguish — " O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son ! "f He will recur to the history of Samuel — to the strong, disinterested, self-renouncing benevolence... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter, Lyman Matthews - 1836 - 204 Seiten
...speak, and you hear the language of the heart : " O my son Absalom ! — my son, — my son Absalom ! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son." To conclude ; An elegant writer possesses something more than that sprightliness of fancy, which substitutes... | |
 | 1848 - 508 Seiten
...over the gate, and wept ; and, as he went, thus he said : O, my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee. O, Absalom ! my son. my son ! " Take one instance more : during David's retirement from Jerusalem* Shimei, a kinsman of Saul, was... | |
 | 1836 - 436 Seiten
...departed, but departed not to the mansions of the blest. .Oh, my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom, would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son." Or, in the event of your own death, what thorns will it plant in your pillow, with what deeper shades... | |
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And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! 
