The Syrian ChristHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 425 pages |
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... common to all races of men , is only more extensively used by Orientals than by Occidentals . I could wish , however , that the learned theologians had suspected more strongly the literal accuracy of Oriental utterances , and had thus ...
... common to all races of men , is only more extensively used by Orientals than by Occidentals . I could wish , however , that the learned theologians had suspected more strongly the literal accuracy of Oriental utterances , and had thus ...
Page 7
... common things , those subtle connectives in the social vocabulary of a people , those agencies which are born and not made , and which give a race its rich distinctiveness , are bound to elude your grasp . There is so much in the life ...
... common things , those subtle connectives in the social vocabulary of a people , those agencies which are born and not made , and which give a race its rich distinctiveness , are bound to elude your grasp . There is so much in the life ...
Page 11
... common things of Syrian life , so indissolubly interwoven with the spiritual truths of the Bible , which cause the Western readers of holy writ to stumble , and which rob those truths for them of much of their rich- ness . By sheer ...
... common things of Syrian life , so indissolubly interwoven with the spiritual truths of the Bible , which cause the Western readers of holy writ to stumble , and which rob those truths for them of much of their rich- ness . By sheer ...
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... common for such women to spend a whole night in a shrine " wrestling in prayer , ” either with 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 ...
... common for such women to spend a whole night in a shrine " wrestling in prayer , ” either with 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 ...
Page 23
... common , everyday speech of my people . To the Syrians , as I say , " children are a heritage from the Lord . " From the days of Israel to the present time , barrenness has been looked upon as a sign of divine disfavor , an intolerable ...
... common , everyday speech of my people . To the Syrians , as I say , " children are a heritage from the Lord . " From the days of Israel to the present time , barrenness has been looked upon as a sign of divine disfavor , an intolerable ...
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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