Conversations on the Bible: Written for the Massachusetts Sabbath School UnionT.R. Marvin, 1829 - 112 pages |
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... . Yes , and he conquered a great many coun- tries , and obtained a great deal of wealth and power . But the writers of the Bible never received , and never Story of the Robbers . tried to obtain , any CONVERSATIONS ON THE BIBLE .
... . Yes , and he conquered a great many coun- tries , and obtained a great deal of wealth and power . But the writers of the Bible never received , and never Story of the Robbers . tried to obtain , any CONVERSATIONS ON THE BIBLE .
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... conquered by foreign enemies , and totally destroyed . He said also that the inhabitants of the city , and of the surrounding country , would suffer dreadfully from hunger , and from diseases , and from the cruelty of their enemies ...
... conquered by foreign enemies , and totally destroyed . He said also that the inhabitants of the city , and of the surrounding country , would suffer dreadfully from hunger , and from diseases , and from the cruelty of their enemies ...
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... conquered a great many tribes . Roger . What right had they to take away the land and the towns from the people who lived there ? Teacher . They would have had no not expressly required them to do so . right , if God had The country was ...
... conquered a great many tribes . Roger . What right had they to take away the land and the towns from the people who lived there ? Teacher . They would have had no not expressly required them to do so . right , if God had The country was ...
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... conquered , and then divided among the tribes ; so that there were nine tribes and a half upon the West side of the river , and two tribes and a half upon the East side . I shall not stop to have you learn where all the tribes were ...
... conquered , and then divided among the tribes ; so that there were nine tribes and a half upon the West side of the river , and two tribes and a half upon the East side . I shall not stop to have you learn where all the tribes were ...
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... conquered them . When they re- pented , and forsook their sins , God raised up some cham- pion to deliver them . This was the case a great many times , and the stories of these deliverances are all very interesting . You remember the ...
... conquered them . When they re- pented , and forsook their sins , God raised up some cham- pion to deliver them . This was the case a great many times , and the stories of these deliverances are all very interesting . You remember the ...
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Page 72 - Then saith the woman of Samaria unto Him, How is it that Thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria ? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
Page ii - AD 1829, in the fifty fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, CHRISTOPHER C. DEAN, of the said District, has deposited in this Office the Title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the words following, to wit : — " Conversations on the Bible. Written for the Massachusetts Sabbath School Union. By Erodore.
Page i - DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT: District Clerk's Office. Be it remembered, that on the...
Page 63 - THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Page 51 - God, they counted but twelve tribes, and made but twelve lots. For the tribe of Levi, which was appointed to the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, had no share in the distribution of the land, but only some cities to dwell in, and the first-fruits, tithes, and oblations of the people, which was all their subsistence, Numb.
Page 27 - ... had ordered to accompany us, as to prepare our retinue and our cattle, for the fatigue they were to suffer during the rest of our journey ; for though we could not perform it in less...
Page 51 - TRIBE. Jacob having twelve sons, who were heads of so many families, which together formed a great nation, each of these families was called a tribe. But this patriarch on his death-bed adopted Ephraim and Manasseh, the two sons of Joseph, and would have them also to constitute two tribes in Israel, Gen.
Page 78 - ... to other points of doctrinal or practical importance. Thus when discoursing with the Sadducees on the subject of a future life, he traced their error of opinion to their ignorance of Scripture, and then confuted them by citing a passage from the book of Exodus : Matt. xxii, 32. Again, when the Jews accused him of blasphemy, because he said he was the Son of God. he silenced their cavils by an appeal to the Sacred Volume, and added an emphatic and most important declaration: " The Scripture cannot...
Page ii - In conformity to the act of the congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during tne times therein mentioned ;" and also to an act, entitled, '* An act, supplementary to an act, entitled, an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the...
Page 27 - ... March, 1751, with an escort of the best Arab horsemen belonging to the aga, armed with guns and long pikes; and having crossed a barren plain, which scarcely produces vegetables sufficient to feed the antelopes we saw there, we arrived at Sudud. This is a small village inhabited by Maronite Christians : the houses are built of bricks dried in the sun; and the inhabitants cultivate as much land around the village as is barely sufficient for their subsistence ; they also make tolerable good wine....