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... village , no cottage on the borders of the deserted burial - ground , can suggest the reply , " Here are the children of the deceased . " And when the monumental epitaph has become illegible , and no more bears its testimony to the name ...
... village , no cottage on the borders of the deserted burial - ground , can suggest the reply , " Here are the children of the deceased . " And when the monumental epitaph has become illegible , and no more bears its testimony to the name ...
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... villages , and were even residing throughout the open country . Now , the whole of that population has been swept away from the surface of the soil . Many of them have sunk into the dust beneath them . Their blood fer- tilizes their ...
... villages , and were even residing throughout the open country . Now , the whole of that population has been swept away from the surface of the soil . Many of them have sunk into the dust beneath them . Their blood fer- tilizes their ...
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... villages , not a dwelling remained entire . In Tripolitza , the capital , the work of demolition had been complete . Not only was the green grass growing amidst the ruins of the palace of the Pashas of the Morea , but every mosque ...
... villages , not a dwelling remained entire . In Tripolitza , the capital , the work of demolition had been complete . Not only was the green grass growing amidst the ruins of the palace of the Pashas of the Morea , but every mosque ...
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... villages . There appear to be two cities placed side by side - the city of the living , and the city of the dead ; and the population of the latter far exceeds that of the former . The Turkish cemeteries around Smyrna cover a very ...
... villages . There appear to be two cities placed side by side - the city of the living , and the city of the dead ; and the population of the latter far exceeds that of the former . The Turkish cemeteries around Smyrna cover a very ...
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... village of Therapia , during the season that the plague was prevailing in the city . Here we renewed our religious conversations , and daily walked out in each other's society . Often have we traversed together the beautiful environs of ...
... village of Therapia , during the season that the plague was prevailing in the city . Here we renewed our religious conversations , and daily walked out in each other's society . Often have we traversed together the beautiful environs of ...
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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.