...made choice of a text from Ezra, ch. viii. v. 21, " Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our...and for our little ones, and for all our substance." Addressing 1 [Lockhart of Carnwath, a stanch Jacobite, and a strenuous opponent of the Union, says,...

...preached a sermon to. them from Ezra viii. 21 : — I proclaimed a fast there at the river Afiava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to...and for our little ones, and for all our substance. He concluded his discourse with the following exhortation, to which, with the fullest perception of...

...discomfited them ; and they were smitten before Israel." 1 Sam. vii, 6. So Ezra: "I proclaimed a fast at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves...a right way for us, and for our little ones ; and he was entreated of us," Ezra viii, 21. So Nehemiah: " I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,...

...preached a sermon to them from Ezra viii. 21:—I proclaimed a fast there at the river A/iava, that vie might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of...and for our little ones, and for all our substance. He concluded his discourse with the following exhortation, to which, with the fullest perception of...

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...daywas a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. 2. Public Fasting. EZRA 8 : 21. Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, that we might afflict...and for our little ones, and for all our substance. For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy...

...himself and his companions ; and therefore had recourse to prayer and fasting : " Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, that we might afflict...and for our little ones, and for all our substance. For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen, to help us against the enemy...

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...ordinance quoted above, and also Ezra, yiii. 21. — " Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our...and for our little ones, and for all our substance." See also Isa. Iviii. 3 — 5. I never could believe, after a little acquaintance with Holy Writ, that...