Narrative of a Mission of Inquiry to the Jews from the Church of Scotland in 1839Presbyterian board of publications, 1839 - 555 pages |
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... thing that may invest that land with interest , will almost necessarily lead the reader to care for the peculiar people who once possessed it , and who still claim it as their own . It is meant to be a plain narrative , so that the most ...
... thing that may invest that land with interest , will almost necessarily lead the reader to care for the peculiar people who once possessed it , and who still claim it as their own . It is meant to be a plain narrative , so that the most ...
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... things we had seen and heard . And even now , when at length we have found time to sit down and write these records of our journey , it has been amidst the incessant demands for parochial labours , to which every pastor is daily sub ...
... things we had seen and heard . And even now , when at length we have found time to sit down and write these records of our journey , it has been amidst the incessant demands for parochial labours , to which every pastor is daily sub ...
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... thing was done suddenly ; " but it soon became evident that " God had prepared the people . " * The Committee of our General Assembly , appointed to consider what might be done in the way of setting on foot Missionary operations among ...
... thing was done suddenly ; " but it soon became evident that " God had prepared the people . " * The Committee of our General Assembly , appointed to consider what might be done in the way of setting on foot Missionary operations among ...
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... thing combined to make us feel the exquisite beauty of its situation . The evening was calm , the air soft , the sky clear ; the trees , in which the town is em- bosomed , wore their most refreshing verdure ; the clock sounded from the ...
... thing combined to make us feel the exquisite beauty of its situation . The evening was calm , the air soft , the sky clear ; the trees , in which the town is em- bosomed , wore their most refreshing verdure ; the clock sounded from the ...
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... things he said . His desire was complied with . Another interesting case occurred here , of a young man named Kennedy from Glasgow , travelling for his health , and who had been visiting Rome . He was thoughtless in the extreme ; but ...
... things he said . His desire was complied with . Another interesting case occurred here , of a young man named Kennedy from Glasgow , travelling for his health , and who had been visiting Rome . He was thoughtless in the extreme ; but ...
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Page 191 - Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Page 133 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Page 173 - Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of Hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
Page 281 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 264 - In that day there shall be a fountain opened To the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem For sin and for uncleanness.
Page 262 - And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock . 5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea : for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD : and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
Page 205 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night because the sun was set ; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Page 21 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee ; But with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; But with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, Saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 401 - Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly : gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts : let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Page 213 - Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well.