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... soon after Abel . But there must also have been some feelings of sadness at their birth . For very soon they must have plainly seen that these children were born , not after God's blessed image and likeness , but after their own corrupt ...
... soon after Abel . But there must also have been some feelings of sadness at their birth . For very soon they must have plainly seen that these children were born , not after God's blessed image and likeness , but after their own corrupt ...
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... soon changed into angry looks , and angry deeds . And presently , in the fury of his ungoverned passion , he lifts up his hand to slay this holy , unoffending brother , and sees him die at his very feet CAIN AND ABEL . 13.
... soon changed into angry looks , and angry deeds . And presently , in the fury of his ungoverned passion , he lifts up his hand to slay this holy , unoffending brother , and sees him die at his very feet CAIN AND ABEL . 13.
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... soon God's people were persecuted in the world . The very first man who died , died for religion . How many Cains there are , who hate the good- ness which they see in others , because they feel that they are neglecting it themselves ...
... soon God's people were persecuted in the world . The very first man who died , died for religion . How many Cains there are , who hate the good- ness which they see in others , because they feel that they are neglecting it themselves ...
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... soon passes away - a tale that is quickly told a space so short that we can span it— a journey which soon ends . Those however who lived before the Flood lived far longer than any have lived since . Adam , for instance , lived nine hun ...
... soon passes away - a tale that is quickly told a space so short that we can span it— a journey which soon ends . Those however who lived before the Flood lived far longer than any have lived since . Adam , for instance , lived nine hun ...
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... soon passeth away our life , and it is gone . And when we look forward , how soon shall we be in our graves ! A few more days , and we shall come to the end of our span ; and then " the silver cord " will be loosened- the METHUSELAH . 29.
... soon passeth away our life , and it is gone . And when we look forward , how soon shall we be in our graves ! A few more days , and we shall come to the end of our span ; and then " the silver cord " will be loosened- the METHUSELAH . 29.
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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
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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.