1 Kings xviii, 45. And it came to pass in the mean while, that the EAST WIND THE heaven was black with clouds and STRONGEST. wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jez-ed forth his rod over the land of Exod. x, 13. And Moses stretch reel. Job i, 19. And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. P3. CXXXV, 7. .... He bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. Eccles. 1, 6. The wind goeth to ward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually; and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. Matth. xiv, 24. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. Jer. iv, 11, 12. At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse. Eren a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. Jer. xxv, 32. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. Exod. xiv, 21. And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. when the sun did arise, that God Jonah iv, 8. And it came to pass, prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. Jer. xviil, 17. I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy. . . . . Ezek. xvii, 10. Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew. Ezek. xix, 12. But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the groun 1, and the east wind dried up her fruit. .... Hosea xii, 1. Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind. Hosea xili, 15. Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. for violence; their faces shall sup Hab. i, 9. They shall come all up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. and stood under the mountain; Deut. iv, 11. And ye came near and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. Judges v, 4...... Clouds also dropped water. Job xxvi, 8. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. Job xxxvi, 29, 30, 32. Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. Job xxxvii, 11-16. Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud, And it is turned round about by his counsels; that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge. Job xxxviii, 9, 34, 37. When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it. Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven. Jer. li, 16. . . . . He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth. Matth. xvil, 5. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. Acts 1, 9. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. Eccles. xi, 4. He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. Isa. xliv, 22. I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgresslons, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. Isa. lx, 8. Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou Thou hast so provided for it. waterest the ridges thereof abundantly; thou settlest the furrows thereof; thou makest it soft with showers..... Ps. Ixviii, 9. Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. Ps. lxxxiv, 6. . . . . . The rain also filleth the pools. P3. civ, 13. He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. ascend and come liko a storm; thee. Ezra, x, 9, 13. Then all the men themselves together unto Jeruof Judah and Benjamin gathered salem within three days: it was the nine month, and the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain; and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two; for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. Job v, 10. Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters Job xxxvi, 27, 28. For he mak 1 Cor. x, 1, 2. Moreover, breth-upon the fields. ren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all bap izet unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea. Job xxii, 14. Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. eth small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof, Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. Job xxxviii, 26, 27. To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man. To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? Job xxx, 15. Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind; and my welfare passeth Ps. lxv, 9, 10. Thou visitest away as a cloud. the earth, and waterest it: thou Prov. xxv 14. Whoso boasteth greatly enrichest it with the river Ps. cxlvii. 8. Who covereth the eth rain for the earth. Eccles. xi, 3. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth. .... Jer. v, 24. Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season...... Acts xiv, 17. Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruftiul seasons..... barous people showed us no little Acts xxviii, 2. And the barkindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. Exod. xvi, 4. Then said the rain bread from heaven for you; LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will and the people shall go out and that I may prove them, whether gather a certain rate every day, they will walk in my law, or no. Deut. xxxii, 2. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. Job xxix, 23. And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide, as for the latter rain. Ps. xi, 6. Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brim stone, and an horrible tempest.... Ps. lxxii, 6. He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass; as showers that water the earth. Prov. xxvii, 15. A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. Isa. lv, 10. For as the rain cometh down, and the show from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and mak eth it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater. Hosca vi,3. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. Hosca x, 12. . . . . . It is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. RAIN PROMISED. Lev. xxvi, 4. Then I will give you rain in due season. . . . . Deut. xi, 14. . . . I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain, and the latter rasa, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 1 Kings xviii, 1. And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. Jer. xiv, 22. Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee; for thou hast made all these things. Ezek. xxxiv, 26. I will cause the shower to come down give the sin of thy servants, and | shall of thy people Israel, when thou neither shall the trees of the land hast taught them the good way yield their fruits. not yield her increase, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. Zech. x, 1. Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make briglit clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. DROUGHT. Job xxxviii, 38. When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? Isa. xli, 17. When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, the God of Israel will not for sake them. Jer. v, 24, 25. Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season. iniquities have turned away these Your things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. .... Jer. xiv, 4. Because the ground in his season; there shall be show-is chapt, for there was no rain in ers of blessing. the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. Joel ii, 23. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God; for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. AND PRAYED FOR. 1 Sam. xii, 17. Is it not wheatharvest to-day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. 1 Kings viii, 35, 36. When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name. and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance. 2 Chron. vi, 26, 27. When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; Then hear thou from heaven, and for Ezek. xxil, 24. Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. Joel i, 19. O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burnt all the trees of the field. withholden the rain from you, Amos iv, 7, 8. And also I have when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. heaven over you is stayed from DROUGHT THREATENED. not yet for all this hearken unto Deut. xxviii, 23, 24. And thy heabrass, and the earth that is under ven that is over thy head shall be shall make the rain of thy land thee shall be iron. The LORD powder and dust. . . . . . Tishbite, who was of the inhabi 1 Kings xvii, 1. And Elijah the tants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall but according to my word. not be dew nor rain these years, Isa. v, 6. And I will lay it digged; but there shall come up waste: it shall not be pruned nor briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. Hosea xiii, 15. Though he be fruitwind shall come, the wind of the ful among his brethren, an east LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up. . . . . drought upon the land, and upon Haggai i, 11. And I called for a and upon the new wine, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. SEASONS. Gen. xiii, 22. While the earth and cold and heat, and summer remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Ps. xxxii, 4. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my drought of summer. Selah. moisture is turned into the Thou blessest the springing thereof. the borders of the earth: thou hast spake, and said unto me, Rise up, Cant. ii, 10, 11. My beloved my love, my fair one, and come away: For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. saith the Lord GOD, Shall it prosEzek. xvii, 9. Say thou, Thus per? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring. Zech. xiv, 8. And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall them toward the former sea, and go out from Jerusalem; half of half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. Matth. xxiv, 32, 33. Now learn a PROGNOSTICS OF 1 Kings xviii, 41, 43-45. And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. And [Elijah] said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Job xxxvi, 33. The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. Job xxxvil, 22. And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds; but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. Fair weather cometh out of the north. Prov. xxv, 23. The north wind driveth away rain; so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. Matth. xvi, 2, 3. He answered and said unto them. When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather; for the sky is red: And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day; for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? Luke xii, 54-57. And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower, and so it is. And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? DEW. Gen. 1, 5, 6. And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. Gen. xxvii, 39. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall bo the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above. Num. xi, 9. And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. Job xxxviii, 28. Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? Prov. ili, 20. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. Sam. xvii, 12. So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground. . . . . Job xxix, 19. My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. Ps. cx, 3. . . . . Thou hast the dew of thy youth. Ps. cxxxiii, 3. As the dew of Ilermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion... .... Prov. xix, 12...... His [the king's] favour is as dew upon the grass. Hosca xiv, 5. I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. Micah v, 7. And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. THUNDER. 1 Sam. vii, 10. And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and d scomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. 1 Sam. xii, 17. Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and ne shall send thunder and rain...... 2 Sam. xxii, 14. The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most IIigh uttered his voice. Job xxxvii, 4, 5. After it a voico roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency: and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. God thundereth mveldously with his voice..... Ps. lxxvii,18. The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world; the earth trembled and shook. Ps. civ, 7. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. Isa. xxix, 6. Thou shall be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder. . . . . . John xii, 29. The people therefore that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. Rev. iv, 5. And out of the throne proceeded lightnings, and thunderings, and voices. . . . . LIGHTNING. 2 Sam. xxii, 15. And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. Job i, 16. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burnt up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. Job xxxviii, 35. Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? Ps. xviii, 14. Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. P3. xxix, 7. The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. Ps. xcvii, 4. His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth Saw, and trembled. Ps. cxliv, 6. Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. Jer. x, 13. . . . . . He maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. Matth. xxiv, 27. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. Exod. xix, 16. And it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the Camp trembled. Exod. xx, 18. And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and, when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. Joshua x, 11. And it came to pass, as they ded from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hail-stones Israel slew with the sword. than they whom the children of and I shall be clean; wash me, Ps. li, 7. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be whiter than snow. was white as snow in Salmon. mighty scattered kings in it, it Ps. lxviii, 14. When the Al Job xxxvii, 1, 3, 4. At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. After it a voice roareth: gave up their cattle also to the like wool: he scattereth the hoar he thundereth with the voice of his excellency.. ..... Job xxxviii, 25. Who hath divided a watercourse for the their vines with hall, and their P3. lxxviii, 47, 48. He destroyed sycamore trees with frost. He hail. Isa. xxviii, 2, 17. Behold, the which, as a tempest of hail, and Lord hath a mightyand strong one, mighty waters overflowing, shall a destroying storm, as a flood of overflowing of waters, or a way Rev. viii, 5. And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. A DESCRIPTION OF A P3 xxix, 1-11. Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LonD glory and strength. Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth; the LORD is upon many waters. The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. The voice of the LOR breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. The Voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever. The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. HAIL. Exod. ix, 18. Behold, to-morrow about this time, I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. Isa. xxxii, 19. When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. saith the Lord God; I will even Ezek. xiil, 13. Therefore thus rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury, to consume it. plead against him with pestilence Ezek. xxxviil, 22. And I will and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that and great hailstones, fire, and are with him, an overflowing rain, brimstone. Haggai ii, 17. I smote you with blasting, and with mildew, and with hail, in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD. Rev. viii, 7. The first angel on men & great hail out of heaven, SNOW. Job ix, 30. If I wash myself with snow-water, and make my hands never so clean. Job xxxvii, 6. For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. Job xxxviii, 22, 23. Hust thou Ps. cxlvii, 16. He givetli snow frost like ashes. Isa. Iv, 10. . . . . . . . The rain cometh down, and the show from but watereth the earth.. heaven, and returneth not thither, snow the Matth. xxviii, 3. His counten- CHANGES OF TEMPERA- remaineth, Exod. xvi, 14. And when the there lay a small round thing, as upon the face of the wilderness dew that lay was gone up, behold, small as the hear-frost, on the ground. hot, they are consumed out of warm, they vanish: when it is Job vi, 17. What time they wax their place. Job xxxvii, 9, 10, 17. Out of the cold out of the north. By the south cometh the whirlwind; and breath of God frost is given; and the breadth of the waters is straitened. are warm, when he quieteth the How thy garments earth by the south wind? Job xxxviii, 29, 30. Out of whose frost of heaven, who hath genwomb came the ice? and the hoary dered it? The waters are hid as deep is frozen. with a stone, and the face of the Ps. cxlvii, 17, 18. He casteth sendeth out his word, and melteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? He them: he causeth his wind to blow and the waters flow. saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king Jer. xxxvi, 30. Therefore thus of Judah, He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. Mark xiv, 54. And Peter followed |