The Syrian ChristHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 425 pages |
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Page 7
... soul of a people far removed from the races of the West in almost all the modes of its earthly life . You cannot study the life of a people suc- cessfully from the outside . You may by so doing succeed in discerning the few funda ...
... soul of a people far removed from the races of the West in almost all the modes of its earthly life . You cannot study the life of a people suc- cessfully from the outside . You may by so doing succeed in discerning the few funda ...
Page 8
... soul outward , only through long , actual , and sympathetic associations with that race . From the foregoing it may be seen that I deem it rather hazardous for a six - weeks tourist in that country to publish a book on the life of Syria ...
... soul outward , only through long , actual , and sympathetic associations with that race . From the foregoing it may be seen that I deem it rather hazardous for a six - weeks tourist in that country to publish a book on the life of Syria ...
Page 10
... soul of that ancient East , which gave birth to the Bible and to the glorious company of prophets , apostles , and saints . Second , such writers knew , also , that the fine roots of a peo- ple's life do not lie on the surface . Such ...
... soul of that ancient East , which gave birth to the Bible and to the glorious company of prophets , apostles , and saints . Second , such writers knew , also , that the fine roots of a peo- ple's life do not lie on the surface . Such ...
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... , that thou visitest him ? " Deeps beyond deeps are revealed through that dry , soft , and clear atmosphere of the " land of promise , " yet the constellations seem as near to the beholder as parlor lamps . " My soul [ 31 ]
... , that thou visitest him ? " Deeps beyond deeps are revealed through that dry , soft , and clear atmosphere of the " land of promise , " yet the constellations seem as near to the beholder as parlor lamps . " My soul [ 31 ]
Page 32
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. to the beholder as parlor lamps . " My soul longeth " for the vision of the heavens from the heights of my native Lebanon , and the hills of Palestine . It is no wonder to me that my people have always considered ...
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. to the beholder as parlor lamps . " My soul longeth " for the vision of the heavens from the heights of my native Lebanon , and the hills of Palestine . It is no wonder to me that my people have always considered ...
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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