 | John Cumming - 1854 - 404 pages
...them that are sent unto thee, [the language of indignant accusation ; but instantly followed up by] how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not !" — the language of tender and infinite compassion. Now here is the... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 410 pages
...them that are sent unto thee, [the language of indignant accusation ; but instantly followed up by] how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not !" — the language of tender and infinite compassion. Now here is the... | |
 | John Cumming - Bible - 1854 - 228 pages
...exactly. The whole difficulty lies in the inebriation. "Ye will not come to me." " Why will ye die ?" " How often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings !" and his answer is, "Ye will not." Your "I cannot be a Christian," translated... | |
 | Alfred William Snape - 1855 - 290 pages
...Jerusalem, "0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that stonest the prophets, and slayest those that were sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not.1' But in a secondary sense, it may be applied to unbelievers of every... | |
 | John Cumming - Christian life - 1855 - 300 pages
...unto me ? I stretched out my hand all the day long, and ye would none of me. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!" But the disease under which all flesh lahours is fatal, eternally fatal,... | |
 | John Cumming - Christian life - 1855 - 298 pages
...unto me? I stretched out my hand all the day long, and ye would none of me. 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thee as a hen .gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!" But the disease under which all flesh labours is fatal, eternally fatal,... | |
 | Robert Walker - Presbyterian Church - 1855 - 616 pages
...loved his country, and uttered that celebrated exclamation of patriotism, " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, How often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings." As we now meet to pray for the peace or welfare of our Jerusalem, (for in the... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - Baptists - 1857 - 424 pages
...which seemed perpetually to cry, " Come unto rae, and I will give you rest" " O Jerusalem ! Jerusalem ! how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not" If ministers of the gospel were more hearty in their work of preaching ; if, instead of giving lectures,... | |
 | James Paul - 1858 - 264 pages
...You remember our Saviour's touching lamentation over the doomed city ?—' 0 Jerusalem! Jerusalem! how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not.' Nevertheless are we to work, and, as an encouragement, are assured, ' Whosoever shall give even a cup... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - Baptists - 1859 - 472 pages
...thee this day, " Oh, that thou wouldest consider thy latter end !" He cries to thee this morning, " How often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not." I entreat you, consider your ways. If it be worth while to make your bed in hell, do it. If the pleasures... | |
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... how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 
