...his knees, and said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea ; and he went up, and looked up, and said, There is nothing ; and he said, go again seven times," — in the spirit of prayers which, like Paul's " conflicts" and " agonizings" taking hold of the divine...

...earth, and put his face between his knees. And he said to his servant, Go up now, look towards the sea. And he went up and looked, and said, There is...cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. (1 Kings xvtii, 41 — 44). 'No ears but Elijah's could, as yet, perceive a sound of rain ; the clouds were...

...earth, and • put his face between his knees, 43 And said to his servant, f Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, * Go again seven times. 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth ba little cloud out...

...prayer. But, at length, Elijah's prayer is answered. The servant returns the seventh time, and says : " Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand." It was a little cloud. But it was enough. Elijah understood the intimation, and says unto his servant,...

...looked and said, there is nothing ;' but now, ' the seventh time,' with. adoring gratitude we may say, 'Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand ;' and in humble faith anticipate an ' abundance of rain.' On the 9th instant, I attended a prayer-meeting...

...the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, ' Go up now, look toward the sea.' And he went up, and looked, and said, 'There...a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand.' And he said, ' Go up ; say unto Ahab, prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee...

...earth, and put his face between his knees. "And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is...a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was...

...faults For the dear sake of CHKIST, his Son. And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toivard the sea. And he went up and looked, and said, There is nothing, and he said, Go again seven times. 1 KiNGsxviii. 43. JAMES. v.17,18. Seven times a-day do I praise tJiee, because of thy righteous judgments....

...prayer: "And it came to pass at the seventh time [of looking at the sea], that he [Elijah's servant] said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand" (I Kings 18:44). we knew now that Lazarus would take that care off our shoulders There is no equal...

...There was a phrase that had stuck in his mind which describes the condition at the beginning of 1907: "Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand." The "great rain" followed in the autumn of the year 1907. Not only was the collapse in business tremendous....