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... beautiful house , where our fathers praised thee , is burned up with fire ; and all our pleasant things are laid waste . One of the most serious losses of Greece has consisted in the wanton destruction of its olive - trees . In the ...
... beautiful house , where our fathers praised thee , is burned up with fire ; and all our pleasant things are laid waste . One of the most serious losses of Greece has consisted in the wanton destruction of its olive - trees . In the ...
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... beautiful order of the Turkish places of burial . It shews , that , even in death , the Jew is not exempt from the contempt and oppression of which he could not divest him- self whilst living . The immense burial - grounds of the Turks ...
... beautiful order of the Turkish places of burial . It shews , that , even in death , the Jew is not exempt from the contempt and oppression of which he could not divest him- self whilst living . The immense burial - grounds of the Turks ...
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... the writings of the Fathers . Not only are printed editions to be found amongst them , but , in the monasteries , numerous manu- script copies of Chrysostom , Gregory , Basil , Epiphanius , and others * . Sometimes they are beautiful 146.
... the writings of the Fathers . Not only are printed editions to be found amongst them , but , in the monasteries , numerous manu- script copies of Chrysostom , Gregory , Basil , Epiphanius , and others * . Sometimes they are beautiful 146.
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John Hartley. Epiphanius , and others * . Sometimes they are beautiful specimens of penmanship , being usually written on vellum , and probably of the 14th or 15th centuries . Notwithstanding the successive calamities which have visited ...
John Hartley. Epiphanius , and others * . Sometimes they are beautiful specimens of penmanship , being usually written on vellum , and probably of the 14th or 15th centuries . Notwithstanding the successive calamities which have visited ...
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... morals of the New Testament : nothing can be more beautiful : but we cannot believe in the Divine origin of the Christian Religion . " To these persons , also , I gave Lord Lyttleton's Essay . It produced the most happy effects on them 189.
... morals of the New Testament : nothing can be more beautiful : but we cannot believe in the Divine origin of the Christian Religion . " To these persons , also , I gave Lord Lyttleton's Essay . It produced the most happy effects on them 189.
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Page 213 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works...
Page 249 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Page 336 - I know thy works : behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it ; for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
Page 307 - To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice : and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him : for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
Page 49 - Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind...
Page 24 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines : the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold : and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; Yet I will rejoice in the Lord : I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 317 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 220 - And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
Page 253 - Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning ! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Page 36 - Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified ; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.