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In a word , Palestine is one vast tablet whereupon God's messages to men have
been drawn , and graven deep in living characters by the Great Publisher of glad
tidings , to be seen and read of all to the end of time . The Land and the Book ...
In a word , Palestine is one vast tablet whereupon God's messages to men have
been drawn , and graven deep in living characters by the Great Publisher of glad
tidings , to be seen and read of all to the end of time . The Land and the Book ...
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... and to a vast depth . It was with reference to this latter fact that our blessed Lord
selected it to illustrate the power of faith : “ If ye had faith as a grain of mustard -
seed , ye might say unto this sycamine - tree , Be thon plucked up by the root ...
... and to a vast depth . It was with reference to this latter fact that our blessed Lord
selected it to illustrate the power of faith : “ If ye had faith as a grain of mustard -
seed , ye might say unto this sycamine - tree , Be thon plucked up by the root ...
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Things hereabouts are on a scale so vast , and there is such an infinite variety in
the details , that it is almost impossible to select , group together , and condense
into reasonable limits enough to give an adequate idea of the whole . That I can ...
Things hereabouts are on a scale so vast , and there is such an infinite variety in
the details , that it is almost impossible to select , group together , and condense
into reasonable limits enough to give an adequate idea of the whole . That I can ...
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The river above the caves comes from two vast fountains , which burst out
Fountaing directly under the snow of Sūnnîn - intensely cold - icy , in fact , even in
summer , and clear as though running liquid diamonds . They , with their young
rivers ...
The river above the caves comes from two vast fountains , which burst out
Fountaing directly under the snow of Sūnnîn - intensely cold - icy , in fact , even in
summer , and clear as though running liquid diamonds . They , with their young
rivers ...
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THE RAVEN -- THE DOVE . 51 CHAPTER NAVEN . true Ark , and only refuge
against that other deluge which shall drown the ingodly in everlasting destruction
! And now we are enterOlive ing the vast olive - orchorchards ards of Shwoifat .
THE RAVEN -- THE DOVE . 51 CHAPTER NAVEN . true Ark , and only refuge
against that other deluge which shall drown the ingodly in everlasting destruction
! And now we are enterOlive ing the vast olive - orchorchards ards of Shwoifat .
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| Title | The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy Land |
| Author | William McClure Thomson |
| Publisher | T. Nelson, 1869 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 21 Jan 2020 |
| Length | 718 pages |
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