 | James Grahame - Sunday - 1839 - 50 pages
...that trouble me : for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back." — Ver. 35. 3 " And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God...was well, and the evil spirit departed from him."— 1 SAMUEL, xvi. 23. 4 " And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with... | |
 | 1839 - 498 pages
...the power of music. Of this we have an eminent instance recorded in the life of the royal Psalmist. " It came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was...was well, and the evil spirit departed from him." And here I may properly observe, that as the association of particular airs with certain words or sentiments,... | |
 | Bible - 1840 - 408 pages
...music were celebrated, even in his youth. The monarch complied with the advice, and it is said : " And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God...was well, and the evil spirit departed from him," 1 Sam. xvi. 23. The Egyptian harp ultimately arrived at great perfection. Mr. Brace, after describing... | |
 | John Pierpont - American poetry - 1840 - 366 pages
...favor in my sight. And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took a harp, and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed,...was well, and the evil spirit departed from him." — 1 Sam. xvi. 19-23. Note 9. Page 13. " The night was moonless : — Judah's shepherds kept Their... | |
 | Beaumont Square Chapel, Mile End (LONDON), John Thomas Barber Beaumont - 1840 - 204 pages
...shalt be well.—And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took a harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed...and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. (The doctrine of a future state appears to have made considerable progress among the Persians and Greeks... | |
 | 1840 - 494 pages
...of Israel," was selected by Saul to comfort him. " David took a kinnor , and played with his hands ; so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him." One of the oldest songs, accompanied by instrumental music, extant, of which we have any record, is... | |
 | Thomas Hirst - Church music - 1841 - 380 pages
...is said, " And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, that David took a harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed,...was well, and the evil spirit departed from him."* The learning and ingenuity of philosophers, * I Sam. xvi. 23. theologians, and musicians, have been... | |
 | Robert Sears - Bible - 1841 - 408 pages
...of Israel," was selected by Saul to comfort him. " David took a kinnor, and played with his hands j so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him." One of the oldest songs, accompanied by instrumental , music, extant, of which we have any record,... | |
 | Walter Balfour - Devil - 1842 - 456 pages
...shalt be well," In verses 17 — 23 we are told that David was sent for, and it is added verse 23 — " And it came to pass when the evil spirit from God...was well, and the evil spirit departed from him." But from chap, xviii. 10, and six. 9, we learn that this evil spirit returned upon Saul, and under... | |
 | Scotland - 1843 - 1278 pages
...having assented to this proposal, the son of Jesse the Bethlemite was sent for, and stood before him. " And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God...was well, and the evil spirit departed from him." So great were the esteem and love for music among this people when David ascended the throne, that... | |
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And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. 
