The Syrian ChristHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 425 pages |
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Page 75
... ground . " 1 The faithful and touching realism of the record here is an example of the childlike re- sponsiveness of the Syrian nature to feelings of sorrow , no less striking than the experience itself . It seems to me that if an Anglo ...
... ground . " 1 The faithful and touching realism of the record here is an example of the childlike re- sponsiveness of the Syrian nature to feelings of sorrow , no less striking than the experience itself . It seems to me that if an Anglo ...
Page 92
... ground for a bed and the sky for cov- ering " ; " May your children be orphaned and your wife widowed " ; and similar expressions . Does not this sound exactly like the one hundred and ninth Psalm ? Speaking of his enemy , the writer of ...
... ground for a bed and the sky for cov- ering " ; " May your children be orphaned and your wife widowed " ; and similar expressions . Does not this sound exactly like the one hundred and ninth Psalm ? Speaking of his enemy , the writer of ...
Page 130
... ground . Now this smaller door through which a camel cannot pass is the eye of the needle mentioned in the Gospel . 1 Matt . XIX : 24 . I once heard a Sunday - School superintendent explain this [ 130 ] ORIENTAL MANNER OF SPEECH.
... ground . Now this smaller door through which a camel cannot pass is the eye of the needle mentioned in the Gospel . 1 Matt . XIX : 24 . I once heard a Sunday - School superintendent explain this [ 130 ] ORIENTAL MANNER OF SPEECH.
Page 146
... forth fruit , then appeared the tares also . " The tare ( zewan ) is a grain which when ground with the wheat and eaten causes dizzi- ness and nausea , a state much like seasick- ness [ 146 ] ORIENTAL MANNER OF SPEECH.
... forth fruit , then appeared the tares also . " The tare ( zewan ) is a grain which when ground with the wheat and eaten causes dizzi- ness and nausea , a state much like seasick- ness [ 146 ] ORIENTAL MANNER OF SPEECH.
Page 165
... ground , especially on the eve of battles . " Furthermore , the wars of the past being wars of extermination , the vanquished could not return to reclaim their hidden wealth ; there- fore the ground is the keeper of vast riches . The ...
... ground , especially on the eve of battles . " Furthermore , the wars of the past being wars of extermination , the vanquished could not return to reclaim their hidden wealth ; there- fore the ground is the keeper of vast riches . The ...
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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