Mark 1.7. The latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. Mark 4. 9. Mark 1. 22. He taught them as one that had authority. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. He that is not against us is on our part. If the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Mark 9. 50. Mark 13. 14. Abomination of desolation. Luke 1. 28. Luke 2. 29. peace. Luke 4. 8. Luke 6. 27. Luke 8. 35. Luke 9. 24. Luke 9. 25. Blessed art thou among women. Now lettest thou thy servant depart in Get thee behind me, Satan. Love your enemies. Clothed, and in his right mind. Whosoever will save his life shall lose it. whole world, and lose himself? Luke 10. 7. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Luke 14. 11. Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Luke 14. 18. They all with one consent began to make excuse. Luke 15. 16. He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat. Luke 16. 8. The children of light. Luke 16. 9. Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness. Luke 16. 19. Clothed in purple and fine linen. one rose Luke 17. 17. Luke 17. 35. Neither will they be persuaded, though from the dead. Where are the nine? The one shall be taken, and the other left. The voice of one crying in the wilderness. John 2. 10. Thou hast kept the good wine until now. John 3. 7. Ye must be born again, John 3. 8. The wind bloweth where it listeth. I have meat to eat that ye know not of. John 8. 32. Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 12. 8. The poor always ye have with you. John 15. 13. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15. 20. John 19. 5. The servant is not greater than his lord. Acts 3. 6. Silver and gold have I none. Acts 8. 20. Acts 9. 5. pricks. Acts 10. 34. Acts 13. 51. Acts 17. 26. of men. Thy money perish with thee. It is hard for thee to kick against the God is no respecter of persons. Acts 17. 28. In him we live, and move, and have our being. Acts 20. 24. None of these things move me. Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of Acts 23. 5. Acts 25. 11. Acts 26. 26. Rom. 2. 11. I appeal unto Cæsar. This thing was not done in a corner. There is no respect of persons with God. He is not a Jew, which is one outwardly. I speak after the manner of men. Rom. 7. 21. When I would do good, evil is present with Rom. 6. 19. me. Rom. 10. 12. There is no difference between the Jew and the Greek. Rom. 11. 13. I magnify mine office. Rom. 12. 16. Be not wise in your own conceits. Rom. 13. 1. powers. Rom. 13. 1. The powers that be. Rom. 13. 8. Owe no man anything. 1 Cor. 3. 2. meat. I have fed you with milk, and not with 1 Cor. 6. 19. Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. 1 Cor. 7. 31. 1 Cor. 9. 22. 1 Cor. 10. 12. The fashion of this world. All things to all men. Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 1 Cor. 12. 31. 1 Cor. 13. 12. 1 Cor. 13. 13. 1 Cor. 15. 29. Covet earnestly the best gifts. The greatest of these is charity. What shall they do which are baptized for the dead? 1 Cor. 15. 52. 1 Cor. 15. 55. 1 Cor. 16. 13. In the twinkling of an eye. O death, where is thy sting? Quit you like men. 2 Cor. 11. 14. Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 2 Cor. 12. 7. A thorn in the flesh. Gal. 1. 16. I conferred not with flesh and blood. reap. Phil. 3. 14. I press toward the mark. Phil. 3. 19. Phil. 4. 5. men. Whose God is their belly. Let your moderation be known unto all Phil. 4. 7. The peace of God, which passeth all understanding. 1 Thess. 1. 3. 2 Thess. 3. 13. 1 Tim. 5. 18. Labor of love. Be not weary in well doing. The laborer is worthy of his reward. 1 Tim. 6. 8. Having food and raiment, let us be there with content. 2 Tim. 4. 3. Teachers, having itching ears. Heb. 7. 16. Heb. 10. 38. Heb. 12. 1. 1 John 2. 16. The power of an endless life. The just shall live by faith. A cloud of witnesses. Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. Rev. 3. 15. I would thou wert cold or hot. Rev. 13. 16. A mark [of the beast] in . . . their foreheads. Rev. 14. 2. The voice of many waters. Rev. 21. 1. A new heaven and a new earth. Rev. 22. 13. I am Alpha and Omega. CHAPTER II A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PERIOD OF THE BIBLE THE scenes of many of the narratives in the Old Testament considerably antedated the time in which they were written. Perhaps the scenes in the book of Job carry us back the furthest into antiquity. Some of the Genesis stories are also very early. The real his tory of the Israelites may be said to have begun about B. C. 1250-the time of the Exodus from Egypt. Under the leadership of Moses and Joshua the Hebrews enjoyed a unique form of government. The real King was Jehovah and to him appeal was constantly made by their leaders. Under Joshua the conquest of Canaan was effected and the conquered portion was divided among the twelve tribes. After the death of Joshua a period of internal dissension followed lasting about two hundred years. It was a time when "There was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes." A long line of national heroes known as Judges included such names as Shamgar, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson, and Deborah. The last of the Judges was Samuel who was a prophet or seer as well as a judge. Near the close of Samuel's leadership the people clamored for a king and Saul, of the tribe of Benjamin, was chosen. His reign was successful from a military point of view, but it closed with a period of depression due to his intermittent fits of insanity. Saul was succeeded by David, of the tribe of Judah, whose long reign was a constant struggle against internal dissensions and foreign aggression. During his |