Conversations on the Bible: Between a Mother and Her ChildrenHarrison Hall, 1837 - 360 pages |
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... them ever remember , that whilst here , they may be permitted to emit one invigorating ray , -there , it is their duty , and their privilege to shine . PHILADELPHIA , 1818 . PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . ENCOURAGED by the favourable.
... them ever remember , that whilst here , they may be permitted to emit one invigorating ray , -there , it is their duty , and their privilege to shine . PHILADELPHIA , 1818 . PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . ENCOURAGED by the favourable.
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... Whilst children are at school , they read whatever is prescribed by their teachers . Should they remain ignorant of the Bible until they have in some measure escaped from the control of their pa- rents and preceptors , other cares and ...
... Whilst children are at school , they read whatever is prescribed by their teachers . Should they remain ignorant of the Bible until they have in some measure escaped from the control of their pa- rents and preceptors , other cares and ...
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... whilst his wife , heedless of an express command , " not to look back , " lingered . Bewailing , perhaps , her unworthy city and friends , she forgot the injunction , and " was turned into a pillar of salt . " Charles . Is that ...
... whilst his wife , heedless of an express command , " not to look back , " lingered . Bewailing , perhaps , her unworthy city and friends , she forgot the injunction , and " was turned into a pillar of salt . " Charles . Is that ...
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... whilst he stood musing , and wondering whether this meeting were an an- swer to his prayer . When the camels had finished drink- ing , he presented her with ear - rings and bracelets , inquiring whose daughter she was ; and whether ...
... whilst he stood musing , and wondering whether this meeting were an an- swer to his prayer . When the camels had finished drink- ing , he presented her with ear - rings and bracelets , inquiring whose daughter she was ; and whether ...
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... whilst the voice of " the God of Abraham and of Isaac , " assured him of protection , whithersoever he went ; and confirmed to him , in their fullest extent , the promises that had been graciously given to them ! Awed by a vision so ...
... whilst the voice of " the God of Abraham and of Isaac , " assured him of protection , whithersoever he went ; and confirmed to him , in their fullest extent , the promises that had been graciously given to them ! Awed by a vision so ...
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Page 342 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 239 - What portion have we in David ? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel : now see to thine own house, David.
Page 146 - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Page 245 - And she said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
Page 298 - This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones : to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Page 129 - The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken...
Page 113 - If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Page 275 - Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land ; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Page 147 - If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Page 81 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night...