Mehayil El Hayil: Lessons for the Use of Jewish ChildrenG. Bell, 1890 - 230 pages |
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... Ahasuerus ; he was very rich and powerful , ruling over a hundred and twenty - seven provinces , and known to be a great tyrant . After he had been three years on the throne he gave a grand feast to all his princes and courtiers , by ...
... Ahasuerus ; he was very rich and powerful , ruling over a hundred and twenty - seven provinces , and known to be a great tyrant . After he had been three years on the throne he gave a grand feast to all his princes and courtiers , by ...
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... Ahasuerus was furious , he was not accustomed to have his wishes balked , and now arose the serious question , how should Queen Vashti be punished for daring to oppose her lord ? One of the princes present named Memucan suggested that ...
... Ahasuerus was furious , he was not accustomed to have his wishes balked , and now arose the serious question , how should Queen Vashti be punished for daring to oppose her lord ? One of the princes present named Memucan suggested that ...
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... Ahasuerus had seen Esther , and had chosen her for his queen . The royal crown had been set on her head , and feasts and rejoicings had taken place all through the country . When Mordecai heard of this change in Esther's position , he ...
... Ahasuerus had seen Esther , and had chosen her for his queen . The royal crown had been set on her head , and feasts and rejoicings had taken place all through the country . When Mordecai heard of this change in Esther's position , he ...
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... Ahasuerus ' prime minister , and like his master he was a tyrant , exacting obedience and slavish servility from all who surrounded him . When he passed through the city the people bowed and prostrated them- selves before him as though ...
... Ahasuerus ' prime minister , and like his master he was a tyrant , exacting obedience and slavish servility from all who surrounded him . When he passed through the city the people bowed and prostrated them- selves before him as though ...
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... Ahasuerus said to Haman , " Make haste and take the apparel and the horse , and do as thou hast said to Mordecai the Jew , that sitteth at the king's gate . Let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken . " Haman dared not disobey , and ...
... Ahasuerus said to Haman , " Make haste and take the apparel and the horse , and do as thou hast said to Mordecai the Jew , that sitteth at the king's gate . Let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken . " Haman dared not disobey , and ...
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Ahasuerus altar beautiful Bible blessed boys brothers called children of Israel Commandment companion courage David dear children death duty dwell Egypt Esther evil faith fast of Gedaliah father fear feast Feast of Tabernacles feel flock friends Gedaliah gifts girls give glory God's Haman hand happy hear heart Hebrew holy honour idolatry Israelites Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judæa Judas Judas Maccabeus keep king king's land lesson light lives Lord master Mattathias means Mezuzah Mordecai Moses Naaman neighbour ninth of Ab obedience offering Palestine parents Passover perhaps poor Praise prayer priests prophet Psalms Rehoboam remember rest Sabbath sacrifices second Temple servant sheep shepherd Shofar Solomon soul spirit story Tabernacles teach teacher tell Temple Ten Commandments Thee thing thou shalt thought to-day told tree truth unto verse voice whilst words worship yourselves
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Page 192 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?
Page 134 - WHENE'ER a noble deed is wrought, Whene'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts, in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares.
Page 221 - If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish.
Page 49 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill; Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath...
Page 63 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 193 - And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
Page 44 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think ; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Page 120 - And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
Page 102 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart : and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Page 71 - A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine.