Mehayil El Hayil: Lessons for the Use of Jewish ChildrenG. Bell, 1890 - 230 pages |
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... holy , or spiritually gifted life ; they belong to men of all ages and all nations . It would be well to cite some names and examples , such as Socrates , Marcus Aurelius , Maimonides , Moses Mendelssohn , Sir Isaac Newton , Howard ...
... holy , or spiritually gifted life ; they belong to men of all ages and all nations . It would be well to cite some names and examples , such as Socrates , Marcus Aurelius , Maimonides , Moses Mendelssohn , Sir Isaac Newton , Howard ...
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... holy name in any way that may be connected with an untruth . The Rabbis of old relate , that this Third Commandment is one of the greatest importance , and that the whole world trembled when it was proclaimed . There is also an old and ...
... holy name in any way that may be connected with an untruth . The Rabbis of old relate , that this Third Commandment is one of the greatest importance , and that the whole world trembled when it was proclaimed . There is also an old and ...
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... holy name ? Let no cowardice on your part , no fear of men or love of approbation , no offer of gain , nor shame of the world's opinion ever tempt you to swear falsely . Better stand confessing the truth , however bad it may be , than ...
... holy name ? Let no cowardice on your part , no fear of men or love of approbation , no offer of gain , nor shame of the world's opinion ever tempt you to swear falsely . Better stand confessing the truth , however bad it may be , than ...
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... holy . " The Sabbath was given to us : ( 1 ) For the worship of God . ( 2 ) For our own recreation . It is all summed up in these two words , worship and recreation , and we will begin by the latter , because , if we understand that ...
... holy . " The Sabbath was given to us : ( 1 ) For the worship of God . ( 2 ) For our own recreation . It is all summed up in these two words , worship and recreation , and we will begin by the latter , because , if we understand that ...
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... holy and consecrate it to God by thinking some good thought , by saying some cheering word , or by doing some kind action on that day . " Hushed was the evening hymn , The temple courts were dark , The lamp was burning dim Before the ...
... holy and consecrate it to God by thinking some good thought , by saying some cheering word , or by doing some kind action on that day . " Hushed was the evening hymn , The temple courts were dark , The lamp was burning dim Before the ...
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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.