The History of the Supernatural in All Ages and Nations: And in All Churches, Christian and Pagan: Demonstrating a Universal Faith, Volume 1Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863 - Spiritualism |
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Page 176 - He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Page 176 - But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities : The chastisement of our peace was upon Him ; And with His stripes we are healed. "All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned every one to his own way ; And the Lord hath laid on Him The iniquity of us all.
Page 126 - And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Page 253 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron...
Page 136 - And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you ; so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Page 150 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 152 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Page 152 - For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it...
Page 143 - And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 109 - Happy art thou, O Israel : Who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, The shield of thy help, And who is the sword of thy excellency ! And thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.