Esther: The Hebrew-Persian QueenH.H. Bancroft & Company, 1859 - 353 pages |
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Page xvi
... Church of God under the Great Messiah ; and so , in expounding the Old Testament Scriptures , by searching out cotemporary and subsequent histories , and bringing together things new and old , from far and near , for the purpose of com ...
... Church of God under the Great Messiah ; and so , in expounding the Old Testament Scriptures , by searching out cotemporary and subsequent histories , and bringing together things new and old , from far and near , for the purpose of com ...
Page xvii
... Church of God in the days of the Prophets , and of Jesus Christ and his Apostles , did not require annotations , illustrations , Bible dictionaries , geographies of the Holy Land , and maps and descriptions of the birds , beasts and ...
... Church of God in the days of the Prophets , and of Jesus Christ and his Apostles , did not require annotations , illustrations , Bible dictionaries , geographies of the Holy Land , and maps and descriptions of the birds , beasts and ...
Page xviii
... Church , in our day , is earnest faith ; and this is wanting , in part , because the Old Testament is not studied , and its meaning clearly apprehended . While we have the history of God's chosen people in the Old Testament , their ...
... Church , in our day , is earnest faith ; and this is wanting , in part , because the Old Testament is not studied , and its meaning clearly apprehended . While we have the history of God's chosen people in the Old Testament , their ...
Page xx
... church and the world , there can be no substitute for the Bible . It is our only hope . The his- tory of Christianity shows that it has always flourished most when it is just let alone by Cæsar . It seeks not promotion , but simple ...
... church and the world , there can be no substitute for the Bible . It is our only hope . The his- tory of Christianity shows that it has always flourished most when it is just let alone by Cæsar . It seeks not promotion , but simple ...
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... church ; so it is in Persia . It is in Persia as much - perhaps more than in any other land that we find in our day ancient customs preserved with the greatest tenacity- especially such as are referred to in the Bible . The mountain ...
... church ; so it is in Persia . It is in Persia as much - perhaps more than in any other land that we find in our day ancient customs preserved with the greatest tenacity- especially such as are referred to in the Bible . The mountain ...
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according Adar Agagite ancient Babylon banquet beautiful believe Bible Book of Esther chamberlains chapter Christ Christians Chronicles Church court crown crown royal custom Cyrus Daniel death decree deliverance destroy Divine duty earth enemies Esther the queen Ethiopia evil faith father favor fear friends gallows give glory God's gold golden sceptre Greek Haman Hammedatha hand hanged happy harem Hatach head heart Hebrew Herodotus Holy honor hundred Jesus Jews Josephus king Ahasuerus king's commandment king's gate king's house kingdom laws live Lord mind Mordecai Moses mother nations never passions perish Persian empire Persian kings prayer princes principle proof provinces Purim records religion Romans royal sacred says Scriptures Septuagint Shushan Shushan the palace Susa Targum thee things thou thousand throne tion tomb true truth unto Esther unto the king Vashti wicked wife wine wives women word wrath writings Xenophon Xerxes Zeresh