...people. As Naaman the Syrian indignantly asked : are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, letter than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ' (1 Kings v. 12.) So any natural man might with equal anger be inclined to say; why make a serpent...

...disdain, in the reply of the Syrian General, Naaman, to the prophet Elisha, respecting this river: "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel 1 may I not wash in them and be clean 1" 2 Kings v. 12. ABANCAY, or AVANCAY, a province...

...take off the soul ; " What is thy Beloved more than another beloved," that thou art so fond of him? " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?" Be content, here is hay and provender; stay with me this night; let us dally and...

...simplicity. Now, for the first time, we understand the spirit of the Syrian general's reply to the prophet: "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?" and the force of his servant's answer, " My father, if the prophet had bid thee...

...ony thing to surprise and amaze us here? What better is this than our ordinary entertainment at home? Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Such may be the thoughts of profane and ignorant fools; for the outside of this ordinance...

...anger — "are not Abana and Pna' par, rivers of Damascus, better thi all the waters of Israel, may not wash in them and be clean: In the use, doubtless, of habiiu« bathing, he did not see how »»« ing, in whatever manner app"fl was to remove the leprosy;...

...and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them, and be clean ? So he turned, and went away in a rage.' But his servants, not a little wiser than their master, thus...

...strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpaf, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them, and be clean ? So he turned, and went away in a rage.' But his servants, not a little wiser than their master, thus...

...then, instead of resorting to the simple and unfailing remedy which the Bible suggests, they exclaim, "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May we not wash in them, and be clean ?"' In a word, they substitute in the room of the Christian scheme,...

...to the leper. He directed him to dip seven times in the Jordan. But he turned away enraged, saying, "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?" Rebuked by his servants, he returned to the prophet ; he obeyed ; and his " flesh...