Bible Illustrations: Or, A Description of Manners and Customs Peculiar to the East, Especially Explanatory of the Holy ScripturesCarter, Hendee, 1832 - 215 pages |
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... morning and evening , to hear a portion of the sacred pages , and to offer supplication and thanksgiving to the great source of all good . Harry was a very sensible boy , and apt to ask ques- tions about every thing . His father ...
... morning and evening , to hear a portion of the sacred pages , and to offer supplication and thanksgiving to the great source of all good . Harry was a very sensible boy , and apt to ask ques- tions about every thing . His father ...
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... morning , after Mr. Benyon had read to his family the interesting account of the healing of the Paralytic , ( Mark ii . ) he and Henry walked out to en- joy the cool breeze . It was one of those beautiful spring mornings , when , as ...
... morning , after Mr. Benyon had read to his family the interesting account of the healing of the Paralytic , ( Mark ii . ) he and Henry walked out to en- joy the cool breeze . It was one of those beautiful spring mornings , when , as ...
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... morning it seemed so singular and strange . " Houses in the East are built of various materials ; some are formed of stone or brick ; but those of the poor are commonly of wood or of mud . The heat often cracks the walls which are ...
... morning it seemed so singular and strange . " Houses in the East are built of various materials ; some are formed of stone or brick ; but those of the poor are commonly of wood or of mud . The heat often cracks the walls which are ...
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... morning , my dear father , we are told how readily Abraham received the three men who came to talk with him , and how willingly he made an entertainment for them . " " It is true : let us read the passage again ; it is a fine picture of ...
... morning , my dear father , we are told how readily Abraham received the three men who came to talk with him , and how willingly he made an entertainment for them . " " It is true : let us read the passage again ; it is a fine picture of ...
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... morning , about the key ? " " Yes , Harry ; I think the piece was from the twen- ty - first book of Homer's Odyssey ; and the key you re- fer to was that of the store - house of Ulysses . " " But , I mean , did you observe what was said ...
... morning , about the key ? " " Yes , Harry ; I think the piece was from the twen- ty - first book of Homer's Odyssey ; and the key you re- fer to was that of the store - house of Ulysses . " " But , I mean , did you observe what was said ...
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Page 26 - And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground...
Page 204 - And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Page 151 - Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom ? 11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off?
Page 26 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 106 - The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
Page 129 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 90 - Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
Page 134 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Page 210 - I am the LORD'S"; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Page 145 - Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.