Esther: The Hebrew-Persian QueenH.H. Bancroft & Company, 1859 - 353 pages |
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Page vii
... Bible , and not from new platforms , that we are to learn what they really are ; and that not so much from precepts , as from examples . The Bible does not explain whether woman is equal or superior to man - does not dogmatize on her ...
... Bible , and not from new platforms , that we are to learn what they really are ; and that not so much from precepts , as from examples . The Bible does not explain whether woman is equal or superior to man - does not dogmatize on her ...
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... Bible teaches chiefly by examples- Even great men desire truth in a simple garb - Ben- gel - Mordecai's greatness - Tomb of Ahasuerus not known - The Russian empress - Grave of Calvin not known - Tomb of Esther and Mordecai - Palace of ...
... Bible teaches chiefly by examples- Even great men desire truth in a simple garb - Ben- gel - Mordecai's greatness - Tomb of Ahasuerus not known - The Russian empress - Grave of Calvin not known - Tomb of Esther and Mordecai - Palace of ...
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... Bible is " good Michael's Scripture , " and that " history is the Devil's Scripture . " No , the Bible is the word of the Lord , and history is but a record of how He governs the world . The great Bengel has truly said , that the " true ...
... Bible is " good Michael's Scripture , " and that " history is the Devil's Scripture . " No , the Bible is the word of the Lord , and history is but a record of how He governs the world . The great Bengel has truly said , that the " true ...
Page xvii
... Bible dictionaries , geographies of the Holy Land , and maps and descriptions of the birds , beasts and flowers of the country , nor of the manners and customs of the people . These were all familiar to them ; they were immersed in the ...
... Bible dictionaries , geographies of the Holy Land , and maps and descriptions of the birds , beasts and flowers of the country , nor of the manners and customs of the people . These were all familiar to them ; they were immersed in the ...
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... Bible is just as near to America as to Western Asia . The living God is as near to us as He was to Abraham and Moses , although His presence is not manifested in the same way . As the canon of Inspired Scripture is closed , so we are ...
... Bible is just as near to America as to Western Asia . The living God is as near to us as He was to Abraham and Moses , although His presence is not manifested in the same way . As the canon of Inspired Scripture is closed , so we are ...
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