Jerusalem: The Holy CityCosimo, Inc., 2005 M03 1 - 608 pages Margaret Oliphant viewed Jerusalem as the center of Western culture. "The story of Jerusalem is one of the most wonderful in the world, besides being of unparalleled importance to the human race.. And when we descend the course of the ages and come to a still more glorious and wonderful history, it is Jerusalem still which is the scene both of tragedy and triumph, of the greatest and most wonderful life which was ever lived among men," she wrote. In her examination of the city, she focuses on its people and rich history. She recounts the stories of David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Jesus. This book "is addressed only to those for whom the soil of Palestine, so fondly and so long known as the Holy Land, is peopled with the known and loved, the poets and sages and kings with whom we are familiar as with the records of our own lives." MARGARET OLIPHANT (1828-1897) was a prolific, versatile Scottish author who supported her family at a time when women rarely made their living through writing. She wrote almost a hundred novels, dozens of works of non-fiction, almost four hundred articles, and numerous short stories. |
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... tion of the erudite . Let them not lose ten tickings of their watch on this unprofitable writing . It is addressed only to those for whom the soil of Palestine , so fondly and so long known as the Holy Land , is peopled with the known ...
... tion of the erudite . Let them not lose ten tickings of their watch on this unprofitable writing . It is addressed only to those for whom the soil of Palestine , so fondly and so long known as the Holy Land , is peopled with the known ...
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... tion of the tribe of Judah , the kindred and natural par- tisans and followers of the new king . As it stood there , high on its rocky height , looking over the rounded sum- mit of Moriah to the loftier slopes of the mountain now known ...
... tion of the tribe of Judah , the kindred and natural par- tisans and followers of the new king . As it stood there , high on its rocky height , looking over the rounded sum- mit of Moriah to the loftier slopes of the mountain now known ...
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... tion , the confidence not so much of a hero as of a child , is in his attitude and equipment . " Who is this uncir- cumcised Philistine ? " man enough to keep a whole vul- gar host in dread before his challenge , and to fill his own ...
... tion , the confidence not so much of a hero as of a child , is in his attitude and equipment . " Who is this uncir- cumcised Philistine ? " man enough to keep a whole vul- gar host in dread before his challenge , and to fill his own ...
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... tion and training might be given to those who were to instruct the people . " The company of the prophets prophesying , and Samuel standing as appointed over them " . -was the sight that Saul's messengers saw when , hot in their bloody ...
... tion and training might be given to those who were to instruct the people . " The company of the prophets prophesying , and Samuel standing as appointed over them " . -was the sight that Saul's messengers saw when , hot in their bloody ...
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... youth , the self - devotion of which he must then have felt himself capable , the high renuncia- tion of everything but the service of God and the care of God's people : and now what was this erring 1. ] 21 THE HOUSE OF DAVID .
... youth , the self - devotion of which he must then have felt himself capable , the high renuncia- tion of everything but the service of God and the care of God's people : and now what was this erring 1. ] 21 THE HOUSE OF DAVID .
Contents
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CHAPTER IV | 142 |
CHAPTER V | 184 |
THE PROPHETS | 225 |
JEREMIAH | 270 |
CHAPTER III | 327 |
PART IIITHE RETURN AND RESTORATION | 354 |
CHAPTER II | 388 |
CHAPTER III | 411 |
THE FINAL TRAGEDY | 430 |
CHAPTER II | 485 |
CHAPTER III | 521 |
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Page 262 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 98 - There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb...
Page 37 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 482 - They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man...
Page 98 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
Page 561 - For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Page 9 - The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want; He makes me down to lie In pastures green; he leadeth me The quiet waters by.
Page 233 - Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered. Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate.
Page 505 - Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.