Scripture Natural History for Youth, Volume 2H. Fisher, Son, & P. Jackson, 1828 - 668 pages |
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... persons or a leprous house , in all probility were of the dove kind , for we do not know that any other were accepted in sacrifice . 2. The first mention of the dove in scripture is in the interesting narrative ( already referred to ...
... persons or a leprous house , in all probility were of the dove kind , for we do not know that any other were accepted in sacrifice . 2. The first mention of the dove in scripture is in the interesting narrative ( already referred to ...
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... persons while in a state of prosperity , but desert and disown them when assailed by adversity and poverty ; such have justly been called sum- mer friends , " and their conduct has given rise to the well - known adage , which every ...
... persons while in a state of prosperity , but desert and disown them when assailed by adversity and poverty ; such have justly been called sum- mer friends , " and their conduct has given rise to the well - known adage , which every ...
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... person among their tribes . But they became ungrateful and discontented , and demanded flesh . - Whenever we become dissatisfied with the allotments of Providence , and inordinately covet any worldly or sensual gratification which ...
... person among their tribes . But they became ungrateful and discontented , and demanded flesh . - Whenever we become dissatisfied with the allotments of Providence , and inordinately covet any worldly or sensual gratification which ...
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... persons ; and there was gathered up of fragments far more than the original stock of provision . On one of these occasions , our Lord delivered one of his most instructive discourses , lead- ing the minds of his hearers from the ...
... persons ; and there was gathered up of fragments far more than the original stock of provision . On one of these occasions , our Lord delivered one of his most instructive discourses , lead- ing the minds of his hearers from the ...
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... person , he raises himself up with boldness ; his eyes sparkle with tremendous brightness ; he expands his hood in token of his rage , opens his mouth , and darts forward with rapidity , shewing at the same time the points of his ...
... person , he raises himself up with boldness ; his eyes sparkle with tremendous brightness ; he expands his hood in token of his rage , opens his mouth , and darts forward with rapidity , shewing at the same time the points of his ...
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Page 301 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Page 572 - God; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 460 - Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him; and to every seed his own body.
Page 370 - For every kind of beasts and of birds and of serpents and of things in the sea is tamed, and hath been tamed, of mankind; but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Page 557 - Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not ; for a blessing is in it : so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
Page 305 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...
Page 294 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.
Page 540 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 539 - As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
Page 598 - The voice of the Lord is powerful ; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.