...he had to do, that sight of God seemed to reduce him as it were into dust and ashes : " Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes." Gen. 18 : 27. He looks upon himself as a heap of vileness and unworthiness ; so - David, " When I consider...

...the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which...: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five 1 And the Lord said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. And Abraham spake unto...

...and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, 28 which [am but] dust and ashes.t Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous...five ? And he said, If I find there forty and five, 29 I will not destroy [it.] And he spake unto him yet again, and saidj Peradventure there shall be...

...now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, ' 23 which [am but] dust and ashes. t Peradrenture there shall lack five of the fifty righteous : wilt...five ? And he said, If I find there forty and five, 29 I will not destroy [it.] And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shaU be forty...

...city, then I will spare all the place for their, sakes. 27 And Abrakam answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes : 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous : wilt thou destroy all the city for...

...all the five cities, whereof Sodom is the chief, wilt thou destroy them, notwithstanding ? XVIII. 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous...: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five ? If there shall lack five of fifty righteous in all the five cities, wilt thou, for the want of five,...

...as a token of deep humility. When Abraham prayed unto the Lord, upon the plains of Mamre, he said, " I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes." The deeper we sink in humility, the higher we rise in the esteem of God. 4. All prayer should be offered...

...five df the 'fifty righteous : wilt thou destroy all the city" for lack of 'five f Ai.d he said, Tf I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it....Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said I vvili not do it tor forty's sake. And he said ante him, O let not the LORD be angry, and I will sp'.i.ik...

...acceptably, with reverence and godly fear. Gen. xviii. 27. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes. James v. 1 6. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed :...

...city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which...•wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five ? And the Lord said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. 29 And Abraham spake unto the...