 The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is." "And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept ; and as he went, thus he said, 0 my son Absalom ! my son, my son...  A Library of American Literature... - Page 470by Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Holt Ingraham - Jewish fiction - 1860 - 612 pages
...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, 0 Absalom, my son, my son !" No words can be more touching, no language of passionate grief so affecting as this. When he was... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1860 - 276 pages
...thy God in vain. Though he slay me, yet will I trust him. What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he ? Would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom ! my son ! my son ! Is this a dagger that I see before me ? The way was long, the wind was cold. Strike ! till the last... | |
 | 1861 - 600 pages
...over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, " 0 my sou Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son !" 1 CHAP. XIX.— And it was told Joab, "Behold, the king 2 weepeth and mourneth for Absalom." And... | |
 | John Cumming - 1861 - 200 pages
...dying for us ? Let us quote passages. David said respecting Absalom as follows (2 Sam. xviii. 33) : " Would " God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my " son." Kow what is meant by that? what did David mean by that? Surely he meant, would that I had died, that... | |
 | Joseph Henry Allen - Bible - 1861 - 468 pages
...tenderness, as he broke into the passionate lamentation, " 0 my son Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! Would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son I » Like a beaten army the force slunk back into the city, and the king's grief was fast becoming... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1861 - 682 pages
...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, 0 Absalom! my son, my eon!' (2 Sam. rvii!. 33). A reckless ambition was the chief feature in Absalom's character. This ambition... | |
 | John Ross Macduff - Bible - 1862 - 344 pages
...no such joyous hope hovering over thy early grave. ' 0 Absalom, Absalom ! my son, my son Absalom ! would God I had died for THEE, 0 Absalom, my son, my son ! ' " * There is, in a review of Eli's history and character, a general lesson to all. There is a lesson... | |
 | Joseph Denham Smith - Christianity - 1862 - 312 pages
...when sorrowful unto death, like another David, out of the depths we cry, " 0 Absalom, my son, my son ; would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son," By your very sorrows are you qualified for Jesus. NOTHING but the blood of Jesus, belief in that blood,... | |
 | Thomas OSBORN (Wesleyan Minister.) - 1862 - 222 pages
...away. His heart was broken, and in a paroxysm of grief he exclaimed, " O Absalom, my son, my son ! would God I had died for thee, 0 Absalom, my son, my son !" But we sorrow not as such for our deceased friend and brother. To do so would imply great ignorance... | |
 | 1862 - 428 pages
...chamber 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, 0 Absalom, my son, my son!" Even so, methinks I hear the Infinite Father, in anticipation of that day when his darling Son should... | |
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