The Syrian ChristHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 425 pages |
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... bless and cheer the hearts and minds of men . As an Oriental by birth , and as an American from choice , I feel profoundly grateful that I have been enabled to render this modest service to the Churches of America , and to present this ...
... bless and cheer the hearts and minds of men . As an Oriental by birth , and as an American from choice , I feel profoundly grateful that I have been enabled to render this modest service to the Churches of America , and to present this ...
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... blessed Virgin or some other saint , for such a divine assurance ; and I remember a few of my own kindred to have done so . Perhaps the most romantic religious prac- tice in this connection is the zeara . Inter- preted literally , the ...
... blessed Virgin or some other saint , for such a divine assurance ; and I remember a few of my own kindred to have done so . Perhaps the most romantic religious prac- tice in this connection is the zeara . Inter- preted literally , the ...
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... blessing for the pilgrim , with no reference to a special need . The zeara is a pilgrimage with a specific purpose ... bless- ing of fecundity , or consecrating an approach- ing issue of wedlock ( if it should prove to be a male ) to God ...
... blessing for the pilgrim , with no reference to a special need . The zeara is a pilgrimage with a specific purpose ... bless- ing of fecundity , or consecrating an approach- ing issue of wedlock ( if it should prove to be a male ) to God ...
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... blessings to come upon the family and the home ? Thoughts of God at the marriage altar ; thoughts of God when the promise of parenthood becomes evident ; thoughts of God when a child comes into the world ; thoughts of God and of his ...
... blessings to come upon the family and the home ? Thoughts of God at the marriage altar ; thoughts of God when the promise of parenthood becomes evident ; thoughts of God when a child comes into the world ; thoughts of God and of his ...
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... blessed art thou among women ! - Be- hold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son . " 1 A miracle ? Yes . But a miracle means one thing to your Western science , which seeks to know what nature is and does by dealing with ...
... blessed art thou among women ! - Be- hold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son . " 1 A miracle ? Yes . But a miracle means one thing to your Western science , which seeks to know what nature is and does by dealing with ...
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Abraham American ancient Anglo-Saxon Arabic behold Bible blessed Book Book of Acts Book of Judges Book of Kings Book of Proverbs bread and salt camel chapter of St child Christ Christians church clan command disciples divine door drink East enemies faith father fear feast feet flock friends give guest hand hated hath hatred heart heaven holy host housetop husband Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jesus journey Last Supper living loaves Lord Luke Master Matt means Midianites mother Mount Lebanon ness never night occasions Occidental Oriental speech Oriental's parable parents passage prayer prophet Psalm rendering Revised Version sacred salutation say unto Scriptural servant sheep shepherd simple social soul speak spiritual star swear Syrian tares Testament thee things thou shalt thought threshing threshing-board tion twenty-third Psalm verse West Western wheat wife wine woman women word writer Yusuf zeara