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... ancient history deserves attention , from the frequency with which it is alluded to , both in the Old and the New Testament . It leads forward the mind also to religious thoughts , that are distinct from the literal story , but most ...
... ancient history deserves attention , from the frequency with which it is alluded to , both in the Old and the New Testament . It leads forward the mind also to religious thoughts , that are distinct from the literal story , but most ...
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... ancient race , so long before the coming of the promised one , it may surely be adopted by us , who are the witnesses and receivers of the blessing that he has diffused over the world . " If any man thirst , " cried Jesus himself ...
... ancient race , so long before the coming of the promised one , it may surely be adopted by us , who are the witnesses and receivers of the blessing that he has diffused over the world . " If any man thirst , " cried Jesus himself ...
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... ancient worthy . " I will look unto the hills from whence cometh my help . My help cometh from the Lord , who made heaven and earth . He that keepeth me will not sleep . " In a moment the place is all alight with the glory of a ...
... ancient worthy . " I will look unto the hills from whence cometh my help . My help cometh from the Lord , who made heaven and earth . He that keepeth me will not sleep . " In a moment the place is all alight with the glory of a ...
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... ancient as the sun- Stretching in pensive quietness between- The venerable woods- rivers that move In majesty and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and , poured round all Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste- Are but ...
... ancient as the sun- Stretching in pensive quietness between- The venerable woods- rivers that move In majesty and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and , poured round all Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste- Are but ...
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... ancient mourner , they might have said , " All thy waves have gone over me . " Yet they are but billows upon whose upheaving crest the Son of God shall tread , when " mourning shall be turned into joy , " for upon the first announcement ...
... ancient mourner , they might have said , " All thy waves have gone over me . " Yet they are but billows upon whose upheaving crest the Son of God shall tread , when " mourning shall be turned into joy , " for upon the first announcement ...
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ancient apostle Babylon beasts beautiful beggar Behold Bethany blessed blind bosom brought called character Christian cometh comfort Cyrus darkness death disciples divine earth Egypt eternal Euphrates faith Father fear feel feet Galilee gates give glory gospel grace hath heart heaven Herodotus holy hope hour invisible Israel Jehovah Jerusalem Jesus Christ Jesus of Nazareth Jews Judas Judea king king of Babylon land Lazarus light living look Lord Mary Medes mercy mighty mind Mortal vision mother Mount of Olives mountain mourning Nazareth passeth Nineveh o'er palace perish Persians Peter Pharaoh's daughter piety Pilate PONTIUS PILATE prayer prophet rebuke rejoice RESCUE OF MOSES river rock ruins sacred salvation Samaria Samaritans Saviour says sorrow soul spirit tears Temple of Belus thee things thirst thou shalt tion true truth utter voice walls wept woman wonder words worship youth
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Page 40 - When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 80 - Jesus answered, He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
Page 174 - The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
Page 178 - Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Page 96 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Page 55 - Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.
Page 133 - And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him. And when he was come near, he asked him, Saying ; What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee ? And he said $ Lord, that I may receive my sight.
Page 38 - To be a brother to the insensible rock, And to the sluggish clod which the rude swain Turns with his share and treads upon.
Page 40 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the...
Page 39 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound, Save his own dashings — yet the dead are there: And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone.