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... mention of his thousand and five songs attests his cultivated love of poetry , and especially of poetry allied to the Song of Songs by outward form . But it is otherwise when we pass from the outward form and imagery of the Song to its ...
... mention of his thousand and five songs attests his cultivated love of poetry , and especially of poetry allied to the Song of Songs by outward form . But it is otherwise when we pass from the outward form and imagery of the Song to its ...
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... mention of the " daughters of Zion , " there should be an entire absence of any allusion to Solomon's greatest and noblest architectural work , the Jewish temple . Reasons for this might possibly be found , and the argu- ment should not ...
... mention of the " daughters of Zion , " there should be an entire absence of any allusion to Solomon's greatest and noblest architectural work , the Jewish temple . Reasons for this might possibly be found , and the argu- ment should not ...
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... mention of Jerusalem is coupled with that of Tirzah , vI . 4. How- ever beautiful its position , the only known importance which Tirzah possessed was that of being the residence , after the schism , of the earlier sovereigns of the king ...
... mention of Jerusalem is coupled with that of Tirzah , vI . 4. How- ever beautiful its position , the only known importance which Tirzah possessed was that of being the residence , after the schism , of the earlier sovereigns of the king ...
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... mention of the place of it ' . 1 It is a blot on Mendelssohn's great oratorio that the name Zion should appear in some of the passages of which the libretto is com- pacted ; a blot the more to be regretted because of the great influence ...
... mention of the place of it ' . 1 It is a blot on Mendelssohn's great oratorio that the name Zion should appear in some of the passages of which the libretto is com- pacted ; a blot the more to be regretted because of the great influence ...
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... mention of the remarkable manner in which it was elaborated by those who instead of dividing the Song into Old Testament and New Testament portions , viewed it as setting forth , throughout , primarily the different phases of Old ...
... mention of the remarkable manner in which it was elaborated by those who instead of dividing the Song into Old Testament and New Testament portions , viewed it as setting forth , throughout , primarily the different phases of Old ...
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Page 232 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it. was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Page 159 - Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.
Page 239 - And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host : and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Page 242 - Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive ; for the Holy Ghost was not yet given ; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Page 263 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, As a seal upon thine arm...
Page 215 - I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
Page 115 - And a man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry place ; as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.