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Page 14
... sent him as a wanderer through the earth . He was branded as the first murderer . What that exact mark was we know not . But it was something which made him feel that the wrath of God and the abhorrence of his fellow - men were upon hịm ...
... sent him as a wanderer through the earth . He was branded as the first murderer . What that exact mark was we know not . But it was something which made him feel that the wrath of God and the abhorrence of his fellow - men were upon hịm ...
Page 54
... sent his angels to hasten Lot from the guilty place before His wrath was poured out upon it . What awful tidings were these to hear ! What must he have felt , when he pondered over the many precious souls that were in a moment to be ...
... sent his angels to hasten Lot from the guilty place before His wrath was poured out upon it . What awful tidings were these to hear ! What must he have felt , when he pondered over the many precious souls that were in a moment to be ...
Page 55
... sent another , and a still greater , Messenger from heaven , even His own beloved Son , that heavenly Messenger raised his warning voice to a world of sinners , saying- " Re- member Lot's wife . " We hear but little more of Lot . The ...
... sent another , and a still greater , Messenger from heaven , even His own beloved Son , that heavenly Messenger raised his warning voice to a world of sinners , saying- " Re- member Lot's wife . " We hear but little more of Lot . The ...
Page 60
... sent on this errand a trusty ser- vant , on whom he could depend ; and he had sought anxiously the guiding hand of God . Many a long mile did his servant travel ; and at length he found Rebecca , the person whom God himself had chosen ...
... sent on this errand a trusty ser- vant , on whom he could depend ; and he had sought anxiously the guiding hand of God . Many a long mile did his servant travel ; and at length he found Rebecca , the person whom God himself had chosen ...
Page 66
... sent for . And Jacob , being on the spot at the moment , contrives to deceive his aged Parent , and obtains the blessing which was intended for his brother . He was right to set a high value on his father's blessing ; but he was wrong ...
... sent for . And Jacob , being on the spot at the moment , contrives to deceive his aged Parent , and obtains the blessing which was intended for his brother . He was right to set a high value on his father's blessing ; but he was wrong ...
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Abraham Adam affliction Ahab Amalek Babylon Balaam Belshazzar blessing bold brethren brother brought Cain called Canaan child Christ danger Daniel David death desire earnest earth Egypt Elijah Elisha enemies Enoch Esau evil eyes faith father favour fear feel felt friends give God's grace Haman hand happy heard heart heaven heavenly Hezekiah holy honour Hophni and Phinehas humble idolatry Isaac Israel Israelites Jacob Jerusalem Jesus Jonah Joshua Judah King kingdom knew land lived look Lord Lord's Manasseh mercy midst Moab Moses Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah never Nineveh Noah offer once Orpah pardon passed path peace Pharaoh Philistines plainly prayer promised Prophet prosperity repentance sacrifice Samuel Saul Saviour says servant servant of God sinner sins Solomon soon sorrow soul spared spirit tell thee things Timnath told trial true trust unto walk whilst wicked words wrath Zarephath
Popular passages
Page 46 - Behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 39 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 25 - And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Page 209 - And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, and prayed unto him: and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.
Page 69 - Job ; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Page 256 - Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law : and if I perish, I perish.
Page 200 - Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him : with him is an arm of flesh ; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles.
Page 199 - And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Page 194 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 193 - And he prayed unto the Lord and said, "I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.