The Soul of the Bible: Being Selections from the Old and the New Testaments and the Apocrypha

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American Unitarian Association, 1907 - 532 pages
 

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Page 217 - from the east, And gather them from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; And to the south, Keep not back: Bring my sons from far, And my daughters from the ends of the earth; Even every one that is called by my name, And whom I have created for my glory.
Page 1 - And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide
Page 133 - course. His going forth is from the end of the heavens, And his circuit unto the ends of it ; And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise " the simple. The precepts of the
Page 300 - and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be in my Father's house? And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them:
Page 406 - Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit. Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Page 261 - MICAH VI Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; And
Page 391 - that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world ? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not, keepeth not my words
Page 379 - any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. I
Page 323 - A disciple is not above his master, nor a servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household! But
Page 230 - after things that do not profit. Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, And with your children's children will I plead. For my people have committed two evils: They have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, And hewed them out cisterns, Broken cisterns, that can hold no

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