...together and smote the waters, and they were divided, so that they two went over on dry ground. — And it came to pass as they still went on and talked,...asunder, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof....

...angel!" How near may be another world to us! How soon may all its glories be unfolded! Thus, 2 Kings ii. 11. "And it came to pass as they still went on and...appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire: and Elijah was taken tip to heaven." Again, (2 Kings vi. 17,) "And Elisha, prayed, and said, Lord, open...

...come. The wonderful change experienced by the prophet can only be given in the language of Scripture. "And it came to pass as they still went on and talked,...asunder, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." The sight must have been solemn, impressive, sublime. There was a supernatural magnificence about it...

...the thing which he had asked, it should be given him, if he saw Elijah, at the moment of departure. " And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked,...asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." Thus Elijah, like Enoch, was translated that he should not see death. He was taken up into heaven alive....

...same testimony to the holy and useful life of Elijah. " And it came to pass, as Elisha and he walked on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot...; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." Though these are singular cases, yet all who sincerely and closely walk with God in life, have ground...

...be upon me. 10 And he said, ) Thou hast asked a hard thing : nevertheless, if thou see me when J am !h ! : ! kof fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder ; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into...

...who escaped death. " And Enoch walked with God ; and he was not ; for God took him" (Gen.v. 24). " And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked,...asunder ; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven" (2 Kings ii. 11). 17. Death cannot separate us from the love of God. " I am persuaded, that neither...

...of death (see 2 Kings, chap. ii. verse 11) — "And it came to pass, as they (ie, Elijah and Elisha) still went on and talked, that, behold, there appeared...; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." Now if Elijah himself was to appear again on the earth, there can be little doubt but that he would...

...shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so." M And it came to pass, as they still walked on and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot...asunder ; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, " My father, my father ! the chariot of Israel and the horses thereof."...

...interchange of Christian affection ; like the Israelitish prophets, who " still went on, and talked," till, " behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses...asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven ! " Still we would retain the faded image of our friend ; nor is it till we are repeatedly advised,...