The Land and the Book ; Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land |
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... tent , the peasant's hut , the hermit's cave , and palace of kings , and temple of gods - to the haunts of the living and the sepulchres of the dead - to muse on what has been , and converse with what is , and learn from all what they ...
... tent , the peasant's hut , the hermit's cave , and palace of kings , and temple of gods - to the haunts of the living and the sepulchres of the dead - to muse on what has been , and converse with what is , and learn from all what they ...
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... tent . Each reader is at liberty to regard himself as the compagnon de voyage ; but , in the mind of the author ... tents , and canteens , and beds , cook- ing apparatus , and servants to use it , with many other things , too trifling to ...
... tent . Each reader is at liberty to regard himself as the compagnon de voyage ; but , in the mind of the author ... tents , and canteens , and beds , cook- ing apparatus , and servants to use it , with many other things , too trifling to ...
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... tent pitched among oleanders and willows -a picturesque position for our first encampment . Permit me to introduce you to the house of your pilgrimage . Salîm has placed your cot and luggage The tent . on the right , and mine on the ...
... tent pitched among oleanders and willows -a picturesque position for our first encampment . Permit me to introduce you to the house of your pilgrimage . Salîm has placed your cot and luggage The tent . on the right , and mine on the ...
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... tent . What an abundant table the Lord , by the ministration of this lively cook of ours , has spread for us here in the wilderness ! Neatly got up , too , and 1 Job xiv . 18 . PILGRIM FEELINGS AND TRAVELLING CUSTOMS . 61 V. nothing ...
... tent . What an abundant table the Lord , by the ministration of this lively cook of ours , has spread for us here in the wilderness ! Neatly got up , too , and 1 Job xiv . 18 . PILGRIM FEELINGS AND TRAVELLING CUSTOMS . 61 V. nothing ...
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... tent ; for , though it has somewhat the shape , it has none of the glory of this starry canopy above . As to sleep , the very idea seems absurd . Could one sleep on the golden streets Pilgrim of the New Jerusalem the first night ? You ...
... tent ; for , though it has somewhat the shape , it has none of the glory of this starry canopy above . As to sleep , the very idea seems absurd . Could one sleep on the golden streets Pilgrim of the New Jerusalem the first night ? You ...
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Page 600 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Page 484 - Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name...
Page 484 - And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah : and he girded up his loins ; and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Page 97 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 372 - Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed : and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands ; and said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
Page 696 - Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Page 25 - And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea ; and it should obey you.
Page 421 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left; and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Page 652 - I like not to take her; then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
Page 135 - These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble.