Esther: The Hebrew-Persian QueenH.H. Bancroft & Company, 1859 - 353 pages |
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Page vii
... earth , for good and for evil , is lodged in woman's hand : - " They who rock the cradle , rule the world . " And I also believe that the SACRED SCRIPTURES alone , of all writings an- cient or modern , have fully comprehended and ...
... earth , for good and for evil , is lodged in woman's hand : - " They who rock the cradle , rule the world . " And I also believe that the SACRED SCRIPTURES alone , of all writings an- cient or modern , have fully comprehended and ...
Page xiv
... earth and air , are ever giving - Our laws wise and good , and to be obeyed - Our influence immortal - Wrath must fall on the impenitent - The GREAT REMEDY ..... 285 CHAPTER XIX . THE DAY OF SLAUGHTER . The contending decrees - The ...
... earth and air , are ever giving - Our laws wise and good , and to be obeyed - Our influence immortal - Wrath must fall on the impenitent - The GREAT REMEDY ..... 285 CHAPTER XIX . THE DAY OF SLAUGHTER . The contending decrees - The ...
Page xix
... earth , earthy , that yet he is more than an ordinary man - he is a sample man — a teaching man - a representative man — a man set forth by the spirit of God to illustrate the Divine displeasure at sin , or the Divine goodness . If I do ...
... earth , earthy , that yet he is more than an ordinary man - he is a sample man — a teaching man - a representative man — a man set forth by the spirit of God to illustrate the Divine displeasure at sin , or the Divine goodness . If I do ...
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... earth . In the summer the heat , how- ever , is so intense that the people spend the day in subterranean chambers , and sleep on the house tops , in the open air , at night . The chief trade of Shuster is in opium , indigo and sugar ...
... earth . In the summer the heat , how- ever , is so intense that the people spend the day in subterranean chambers , and sleep on the house tops , in the open air , at night . The chief trade of Shuster is in opium , indigo and sugar ...
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... and casteth down another , and doeth His will on earth and in the armies of heaven . Happy then that people whose God is the Lord . Happy the nation that trusts in the Great Disposer of human events , amid the ever - changing scenes of.
... and casteth down another , and doeth His will on earth and in the armies of heaven . Happy then that people whose God is the Lord . Happy the nation that trusts in the Great Disposer of human events , amid the ever - changing scenes of.
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