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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... took place 4004 years before the Christian era , according to the Jewish computation . In the sixth day of the creation , God created man , in his own image . " In the Image of God created He him ; male and female created He them ...
... took place 4004 years before the Christian era , according to the Jewish computation . In the sixth day of the creation , God created man , in his own image . " In the Image of God created He him ; male and female created He them ...
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... took place , probably , soon after the cre- ation , and has been most awful in its consequences . For their transgression , Adam and his companion were driv- en out of the garden , to till the ground of Ethiopia , it needing cultivation ...
... took place , probably , soon after the cre- ation , and has been most awful in its consequences . For their transgression , Adam and his companion were driv- en out of the garden , to till the ground of Ethiopia , it needing cultivation ...
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... took him . " Methuselah begat Lamech , and died at the age of 969 years . Lamech begat Noah , and died at the age of 777 years . And Noah was 500 years old ; and Noah begat Shem , Ham and Japhet . Lamech , the fifth in descent from ...
... took him . " Methuselah begat Lamech , and died at the age of 969 years . Lamech begat Noah , and died at the age of 777 years . And Noah was 500 years old ; and Noah begat Shem , Ham and Japhet . Lamech , the fifth in descent from ...
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... took place . It entirely covered the earth ; and destroyed all the in- habitants , with the exception of the eight individuals who composed Noah's family , and a pair of each species of animals all of whom were preserved in the ark ...
... took place . It entirely covered the earth ; and destroyed all the in- habitants , with the exception of the eight individuals who composed Noah's family , and a pair of each species of animals all of whom were preserved in the ark ...
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... , possessed the country from Gaza to Egypt , which took its name from Philestim , one of them . A part of that country was call- ed Palestine by the Greeks . Misraim's sons were Ludiem , Enemim , Labim , Nedim 16 LIGHT AND TRUTH .
... , possessed the country from Gaza to Egypt , which took its name from Philestim , one of them . A part of that country was call- ed Palestine by the Greeks . Misraim's sons were Ludiem , Enemim , Labim , Nedim 16 LIGHT AND TRUTH .
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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.