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Observations Upon the Peloponnesus and Greek Islands, Made in 1829 Rufus Anderson No preview available - 2023 |
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Achaia Ęgina Alpheus ancient appeared Arcadia Argolis Argos Argostoli beautiful bishop Bostitsa Calabryta Calamata called castle Cefalonia Christ Christian commenced contains Corfu Corinth crossed cultivated Demetsana district Doct entered Epidaurus Erymanthus Eurotas females friends gospel Grecian Greece Greek church Greek Gazette Greek government ground gulf harbor hills holy hour houses Hydra inhabitants Ionian Islands Ithaca Laconia Lancasterian school land Leontari maize Malta manner Mantinea ment Messenia miles Missionary Mistras modern Greek monks Morea morning Mothone moun mount mountains muleteers Myconos Nauplion nearly night occupied olive passed Patras patriarch Peloponnesus piastres plain Poros port preaching President priests principal promontory province religion respect revolution ridge river road rock ruins Sabbath Santa Maura says Scriptures shore side Syra tain Taygetus temple Tenos tion Tornese town travelled trees Tripolitsa Tripotamos Turkish Turks valley village vineyards walls Zante
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Page 309 - What then? are we better than they! No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin...
Page 46 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 309 - But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe...
Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 116 - 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 297 - Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Page 309 - Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Page 270 - The virtues which had formerly been ascribed to the heathen temples, to their lustrations, to the statues of their gods and heroes, were now attributed to Christian churches, to water consecrated by certain forms of prayer, and to the images of holy men.
Page 106 - Spirit proceeds from the Father only, and not from the Father and the Son...
Page 116 - I then bade him to call one of his sheep. He did so, and it instantly left its pasturage and its companions, and ran up to the hand of the shepherd, with signs of pleasure, and with a prompt obedience which I had never before observed in any other animal. It is also true of the sheep in this country, that a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him ; for they know not the voice of strangers.