The Syrian ChristHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 425 pages |
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Page 13
... parents or other close friends may make a zeara in his behalf . But much more often a zeara is undertaken by women for the purpose of securing the bless- ing of fecundity , or consecrating an approach- ing issue of wedlock ( if it ...
... parents or other close friends may make a zeara in his behalf . But much more often a zeara is undertaken by women for the purpose of securing the bless- ing of fecundity , or consecrating an approach- ing issue of wedlock ( if it ...
Page 18
... parents in front of the Royal Door at the altar . While repeat- ing a prayer , the priest cut the hair on the crown of the boy's head with the scissors , in the shape of a cross . The simple act released the child and his parents of ...
... parents in front of the Royal Door at the altar . While repeat- ing a prayer , the priest cut the hair on the crown of the boy's head with the scissors , in the shape of a cross . The simple act released the child and his parents of ...
Page 19
... parents for the spiritual welfare and security of their children ? What do we find here but evidences of a deep and sincere yearning for divine blessings to come upon the family and the home ? Thoughts of God at the marriage altar ...
... parents for the spiritual welfare and security of their children ? What do we find here but evidences of a deep and sincere yearning for divine blessings to come upon the family and the home ? Thoughts of God at the marriage altar ...
Page 24
... parents and the month in which the miracle of conception is supposed to have occurred , undertake to foretell whether the promised offspring will be a son or a daughter . In that part of the country where I was brought up , such wise ...
... parents and the month in which the miracle of conception is supposed to have occurred , undertake to foretell whether the promised offspring will be a son or a daughter . In that part of the country where I was brought up , such wise ...
Page 27
... parents on the divine gift to them . It was be- cause of this custom that those strangers , the three " Wise Men " and Magi of the Far East , were permitted to come in and see the little Galilean family , while the mother was yet in ...
... parents on the divine gift to them . It was be- cause of this custom that those strangers , the three " Wise Men " and Magi of the Far East , were permitted to come in and see the little Galilean family , while the mother was yet in ...
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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