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... once recognized when it is remembered that the Israelites had no sugar ; and that consequently , although fond of sweet things , as the Orientals always are , honey had to be employed by them for all sweetening pur- poses , —being in ...
... once recognized when it is remembered that the Israelites had no sugar ; and that consequently , although fond of sweet things , as the Orientals always are , honey had to be employed by them for all sweetening pur- poses , —being in ...
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... once was , and is still capable of becoming . Land would exceed all calculation . Its per- The land has suffered under the blighting ennial harvests , the salubrity of its air , its dominion of Saracens , Turks , and Egyptians , limpid ...
... once was , and is still capable of becoming . Land would exceed all calculation . Its per- The land has suffered under the blighting ennial harvests , the salubrity of its air , its dominion of Saracens , Turks , and Egyptians , limpid ...
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... once was . 4. That although once fertile , it is now barren by the special judgment of God , and will remain barren until that judgment is withdrawn . An American traveller , the late Dr. Olin , gave much attention to this matter , and ...
... once was . 4. That although once fertile , it is now barren by the special judgment of God , and will remain barren until that judgment is withdrawn . An American traveller , the late Dr. Olin , gave much attention to this matter , and ...
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... once formed a part , so as to assign with accuracy the exact place of the animal in God's wide creation , and to describe in general terms its food and its habits . Scarcely inferior or less interesting is the art which , by various ...
... once formed a part , so as to assign with accuracy the exact place of the animal in God's wide creation , and to describe in general terms its food and its habits . Scarcely inferior or less interesting is the art which , by various ...
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... once stood , two pillars of which still remain erect . The vale below is full of oleanders . From people whom we met , we ascertained that the name of the plain was Fahil , ( the Fahkil of Irby , Mangles , and Bankes , ) and that the ...
... once stood , two pillars of which still remain erect . The vale below is full of oleanders . From people whom we met , we ascertained that the name of the plain was Fahil , ( the Fahkil of Irby , Mangles , and Bankes , ) and that the ...
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Page 33 - IN the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime.
Page 17 - Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme, How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; How He, who bore in heaven the second name, Had not on earth whereon to lay his head; How his first followers and servants sped: The precepts sage they wrote to many a land: How he, who lone in Patmos banished, Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand; And heard great Babylon's doom pronounced by Heaven's command. Then, kneeling down to heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope springs...
Page 44 - Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see them to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Page 70 - Thou shalt ° not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Page 58 - For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Page 30 - The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone : but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Page 186 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 208 - What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 'God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Page 117 - Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Page 276 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven...