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... less than its populousness , effectually to defend its inhabitants from invasion . The Nestorians of the mountains , like their Koordish neigh- bors , obtain their subsistence to a great extent from the pas- turage of flocks . The ...
... less than its populousness , effectually to defend its inhabitants from invasion . The Nestorians of the mountains , like their Koordish neigh- bors , obtain their subsistence to a great extent from the pas- turage of flocks . The ...
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... less fields and gardens ; and , still worse , the extensive pools of stag- nant water , that stand most of the time in different places , par- ticularly in the ditch which surrounds the city . The reforming hand of a good government ...
... less fields and gardens ; and , still worse , the extensive pools of stag- nant water , that stand most of the time in different places , par- ticularly in the ditch which surrounds the city . The reforming hand of a good government ...
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... this province shall become yet more enlightened and elevated by the revival of the spirit of Christianity among them , their intercourse will tell yet more powerfully on their less civilized brethren , 1841. ] 9 The Nestorian Christians .
... this province shall become yet more enlightened and elevated by the revival of the spirit of Christianity among them , their intercourse will tell yet more powerfully on their less civilized brethren , 1841. ] 9 The Nestorian Christians .
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tell yet more powerfully on their less civilized brethren , and , through them , on all classes of the wild mountaineers . It is very difficult to arrive at even tolerable accuracy , in estimating the number of the Nestorian Christians ...
tell yet more powerfully on their less civilized brethren , and , through them , on all classes of the wild mountaineers . It is very difficult to arrive at even tolerable accuracy , in estimating the number of the Nestorian Christians ...
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... less frequently , are read in their churches . The Nestorians have a book containing the laws and canons of their church ( Sunhados * ) . They have also some of the writings of the Fathers ( Avahatha ) , and traditions ( Teshaia- thee ) ...
... less frequently , are read in their churches . The Nestorians have a book containing the laws and canons of their church ( Sunhados * ) . They have also some of the writings of the Fathers ( Avahatha ) , and traditions ( Teshaia- thee ) ...
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Page 192 - For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
Page 216 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 237 - I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Page 181 - I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Page 184 - But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 458 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 313 - But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
Page 66 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 320 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Page 66 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.