Palestine, Or, The Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time |
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... crosses the Euphrates , a solitary traveller , not knowing whither he went , but obeying a divine voice , which called him from among idolaters to become the father of a new people and of a purer faith , at a distance from his native ...
... crosses the Euphrates , a solitary traveller , not knowing whither he went , but obeying a divine voice , which called him from among idolaters to become the father of a new people and of a purer faith , at a distance from his native ...
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... cross . * In a former age , when devotional feelings were wont to assume a more poetical form than suits the taste of the present times , an undue importance , perhaps , was placed * Shakspeare , Henry IV . Part I. Act 1 . on the mere ...
... cross . * In a former age , when devotional feelings were wont to assume a more poetical form than suits the taste of the present times , an undue importance , perhaps , was placed * Shakspeare , Henry IV . Part I. Act 1 . on the mere ...
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... Cross , which it was their object to conceal or to calumniate . But Adrian , although actuated by an ardent zeal in be- half of his own deities , did not persecute the Christians at large . His resentment seems to have been confined to ...
... Cross , which it was their object to conceal or to calumniate . But Adrian , although actuated by an ardent zeal in be- half of his own deities , did not persecute the Christians at large . His resentment seems to have been confined to ...
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... cross whereon our Saviour was suspended , the nails that pierced his hands and feet , the linen in which his body was wrapped , the stone on which his corpse reposed in the sepulchre , as well as that occupied by the ministering angel ...
... cross whereon our Saviour was suspended , the nails that pierced his hands and feet , the linen in which his body was wrapped , the stone on which his corpse reposed in the sepulchre , as well as that occupied by the ministering angel ...
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... cross ; holding it extremely improper that any token of a curse or capital punishment should meet their eyes while making ready to kill the paschal lamb . The Feast of Pentecost was an annual offering of grati- tude to Jehovah for ...
... cross ; holding it extremely improper that any token of a curse or capital punishment should meet their eyes while making ready to kill the paschal lamb . The Feast of Pentecost was an annual offering of grati- tude to Jehovah for ...
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Page 235 - And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 104 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Page 193 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 65 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Page 315 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Page 193 - And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Page 96 - Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...
Page 315 - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling. He scorneth the multitude of the city, Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.
Page 107 - Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 84 - And the people gave a shout, saying : — " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.