Life-scenes from the Old TestamentJ. C. Garrigues & Company, 1868 - 498 pages |
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... eye with a charming effect , especially in the spring season , when it is usually covered over with flowers of brilliant dyes springing up among the rich herb- age ; the whole landscape being the more striking from con- trast with the ...
... eye with a charming effect , especially in the spring season , when it is usually covered over with flowers of brilliant dyes springing up among the rich herb- age ; the whole landscape being the more striking from con- trast with the ...
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... eyes were greeted with the first sight of the mountains of Judah , south of Hebron , which skirted the open country and bounded the horizon in the east and northeast . We felt that the desert was at an end . Descending gradually , we ...
... eyes were greeted with the first sight of the mountains of Judah , south of Hebron , which skirted the open country and bounded the horizon in the east and northeast . We felt that the desert was at an end . Descending gradually , we ...
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... eyes - facts tangible by our out- ward senses - of an amazing power of some kind or other then concentrated on those two individuals , and of which they were to be the medium for centuries to come , if not for eter- nity itself . The ...
... eyes - facts tangible by our out- ward senses - of an amazing power of some kind or other then concentrated on those two individuals , and of which they were to be the medium for centuries to come , if not for eter- nity itself . The ...
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... eyes often meagre ; and yet there is , with this simplicity of life among these people , a stateliness of manner as well as courtesy , and often a dignity , which command our respect as well as win our admiration to a degree which no ...
... eyes often meagre ; and yet there is , with this simplicity of life among these people , a stateliness of manner as well as courtesy , and often a dignity , which command our respect as well as win our admiration to a degree which no ...
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... eye dilates , his spare , wiry frame becomes erect and commanding , and his step is firm and free . " That writer had engaged for an intended visit to Palmyra , the protection of ' Amer , the sheikh of the great Bedawy tribe of the ...
... eye dilates , his spare , wiry frame becomes erect and commanding , and his step is firm and free . " That writer had engaged for an intended visit to Palmyra , the protection of ' Amer , the sheikh of the great Bedawy tribe of the ...
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Life-Scenes from the Old Testament: With Maps and Illustrations (Classic ... George Jones No preview available - 2015 |
Life-Scenes From the Old Testament: With Maps and Illustrations (Classic ... George Jones No preview available - 2018 |
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Popular passages
Page 156 - I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south : and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 482 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20.
Page 157 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God...
Page 310 - And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt : and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 242 - God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...
Page 321 - And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will show to you to-day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Page 244 - But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Page 251 - Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Page 483 - 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.
Page 338 - Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and when we did eat bread to the full : for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.