 | 1884 - 676 pages
...man may contravene the work of God as regards himself is logically implied in the Saviour's lament. " How often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens, but ye would not." Here was a love which •would fain attract all men ; but the numbers that resist... | |
 | Peter Macfarlane - 1885 - 126 pages
...and said, " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who killest the prophets. and stonest them which are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thee as a hen...gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not." This is also the desire of God as expressed in the Old Testament, " Turn ye, turn ye, for why will... | |
 | A. H. Lochman - Sermons - 1885 - 376 pages
...Jerusalem, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stonest them that were sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings ? and ye would not." God reproves sinners by contrasting his ardent desire for... | |
 | Dwight Lyman Moody - Sermons - 1885 - 1072 pages
...in a few moments. He just wept over the city and said: "Jerusalem! Thou that stonest the prophets; how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings, but ye would not." Judas saw those tears trickling down the cheeks of the Savior,... | |
 | Robert Smith - Eschatology - 1887 - 120 pages
...pathetically, "Oh, Jerusalem! Thou that killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how oft would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not." Surely such a terrible destruction as did occur in the year 70, just 37 years after Jesus had delivered... | |
 | Edward Sumner Atwood - Congregational churches - 1888 - 252 pages
...very eve of his death Jesus stands over against the city and cries : " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, hcnv often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens, and ye would not." On the Mount of Ascension Christ gives as his last commission, " Go, teach all nations,... | |
 | Charles Carroll Albertson - Homiletical illustrations - 1890 - 328 pages
...voices like that earnest, impassioned voice, which seemed perpetually to cry, "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, instead of giving lectures, and devoting a large part of their time to... | |
 | Bible - 1892 - 812 pages
...hath resisted His will ? " for this is His own language, " 0 that there was such a heart in them ! " " How often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not ! " Yes, these are expressions of a God that cannot lie. This affords me... | |
 | Thomas De Witt Talmage - Palestine - 1893 - 550 pages
...overswinging hawk cluck her chickens under wing, and in after years He said : " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! How often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! ' ' By night He had noticed His mother by the plain candle-light which, as ever and anon... | |
 | Thomas De Witt Talmage - Bible stories, English - 1897 - 536 pages
...overswinging hawk cluck her chickens under wing, and in after years He said : " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! How often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! '' By night He had noticed His mother by the plain candle-light which, as ever and anon... | |
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... how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 
