Studies in Oriental Social Life and Gleams from the East on the Sacred PageJ. D. Wattles & Company, 1894 - 437 pages |
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Abraham ancient ancient Egypt Arab Arabia Bed'ween Bed'wy betrothal Bible blind bread bride bridegroom called camels Castle Nakhl centuries Christian Chron covenant custom daughter dead desert Deut dragoman drink dromedaries East Egypt Egyptian Exod father feast friends funeral give God's gold guest Hajj hand heard Hebrews Hebron Holy honor hospitality host husband idea Israel Israelites Jacob Jerusalem Jesus Kings Lady Anne Blunt lambs land living Lord Luke marriage Matt Meccah Moses mosk mother Mount of Olives mountain mourning Muhammadan Nakhl night Old Testament Oriental social Palestine party passed passover pilgrimage pilgrims pray prayer primitive recognized road romantic love royal sacred Samaritan says sentiment shaykh Shechem sight Sisera story stranger Syria temple tent thee thou tion to-day tomb traveler tribe truth unto veil wailing wedding weeping wife wilderness woman women young
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Page 139 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me, I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 297 - If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Page 45 - I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.
Page 84 - And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
Page 278 - ... the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 60 - He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice : this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease.
Page 233 - Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 343 - The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Page 231 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Page 233 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.