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... cause us to forget their historical value ; for they throw a flood of light upon the contemporary events of the nation . The prophets themselves appear as statesmen and noble patriots , and are the worthiest types of all that was great ...
... cause us to forget their historical value ; for they throw a flood of light upon the contemporary events of the nation . The prophets themselves appear as statesmen and noble patriots , and are the worthiest types of all that was great ...
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... caused him to be recognised as a man filled with the spirit of God , and chosen to receive Divine communica- tions . He was throughout the land honoured as a true prophet . He used his authority for enlarging the political resources ...
... caused him to be recognised as a man filled with the spirit of God , and chosen to receive Divine communica- tions . He was throughout the land honoured as a true prophet . He used his authority for enlarging the political resources ...
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... caused him to pour out , in strains of thrilling pathos , his passionate grief and deep contrition . The main part of Solomon's reign was still less calcu- lated to call forth the spiritual guides of Israel . For Solomon himself was an ...
... caused him to pour out , in strains of thrilling pathos , his passionate grief and deep contrition . The main part of Solomon's reign was still less calcu- lated to call forth the spiritual guides of Israel . For Solomon himself was an ...
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... cause of the alarm . Even the priest was a formidable antagonist of the pro- phet . By the very nature of his calling , his sympathies and interests were engrossed in the ceremonies of his religion , in the strict adherence to those ...
... cause of the alarm . Even the priest was a formidable antagonist of the pro- phet . By the very nature of his calling , his sympathies and interests were engrossed in the ceremonies of his religion , in the strict adherence to those ...
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... cause of the general perversion , pursued their worldly vanities with the sharpest ridicule ; he denounced them with equal anger and derision , because they walked with stretched forth necks , and wanton eyes , mincing as they went ...
... cause of the general perversion , pursued their worldly vanities with the sharpest ridicule ; he denounced them with equal anger and derision , because they walked with stretched forth necks , and wanton eyes , mincing as they went ...
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Page 27 - And I will lay it waste : It shall not be pruned, nor digged ; But there shall come up briers and thorns : I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
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Page 143 - But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. And many nations shall come, and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his Ways, and we will walk in his paths:" for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 11 - A GENERAL DICTIONARY of GEOGRAPHY, Descriptive, Physical, Statistical, and Historical : forming a complete Gazetteer of the World. By A. KEITH JOHNSTON, LL.DFRGS Revised Edition.
Page 234 - My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Page 38 - Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people^ even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
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Page 249 - I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth. While as yet He had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Page 198 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors ; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Page 226 - The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness ; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed from my God.