Light and Truth: Collected from the Bible and Ancient and Modern History, Containing the Universal History of the Colored and the Indian Race, from the Creation of the World to the Present Timea committee of colored gentlemen, 1844 - 400 pages |
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... death of Abel , about thirty years after the cre- ation . This was the first instance of death ( 10 LIGHT AND TRUTH . The fall of Man-His Location, The Sons of Adam,
... death of Abel , about thirty years after the cre- ation . This was the first instance of death ( 10 LIGHT AND TRUTH . The fall of Man-His Location, The Sons of Adam,
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... death ( temporal ) in our world ; and of death by the hands of a fellow man a brother . Adam's third son , Seth , was born A. M. 130 . The foundation of the first antediluvian empire was laid by the sons and sons ' sons of Adam ; and ...
... death ( temporal ) in our world ; and of death by the hands of a fellow man a brother . Adam's third son , Seth , was born A. M. 130 . The foundation of the first antediluvian empire was laid by the sons and sons ' sons of Adam ; and ...
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... death of Absalom , his son from the army . xviii . ) All the princes sent Jehudi , the son of Nathani- ah , the son of Shelamiah , the son of Cushi .- ( Jer . xxxvi . ( 2 Sam . 14. ) Cushi , the son of Jedediah , the THE HISTORY OF MAN .
... death of Absalom , his son from the army . xviii . ) All the princes sent Jehudi , the son of Nathani- ah , the son of Shelamiah , the son of Cushi .- ( Jer . xxxvi . ( 2 Sam . 14. ) Cushi , the son of Jedediah , the THE HISTORY OF MAN .
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... death of Sarah , Abraham's wife , he took a second wife , named Keturah , a Canaanite woman . The nation of the Troglodytes were derived from Abraham by Keturah , by whom he had six sons , men of courage and possessed with sagacious ...
... death of Sarah , Abraham's wife , he took a second wife , named Keturah , a Canaanite woman . The nation of the Troglodytes were derived from Abraham by Keturah , by whom he had six sons , men of courage and possessed with sagacious ...
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... and in process of time he married the queen's sister , and the families were afterwards on terms of the closest intimacy . After David's death , Hadad request- ed Pharaoh to let him return to Edom . ' THE HISTORY OF MAN . 27.
... and in process of time he married the queen's sister , and the families were afterwards on terms of the closest intimacy . After David's death , Hadad request- ed Pharaoh to let him return to Edom . ' THE HISTORY OF MAN . 27.
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Page 38 - But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters
Page 232 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 39 - But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
Page 253 - Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, And the houses without man, And the land be utterly desolate, And the Lord have removed men far away, And there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
Page 38 - And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, 'Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
Page 369 - And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Page 230 - Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye. would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Page 12 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 255 - And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell ; and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Page 244 - Trust ye not in lying words, saying: — "The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord are these.