Bible characteristics. By Charlotte Elizabeth |
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... blessed time when the meek shall inherit the earth ; and the eighth chapter , en- titled Home Birds , are of a slightly dif- ferent structure , no scripture characters having been taken for their groundwork . The two last chapters ...
... blessed time when the meek shall inherit the earth ; and the eighth chapter , en- titled Home Birds , are of a slightly dif- ferent structure , no scripture characters having been taken for their groundwork . The two last chapters ...
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... blessings it bore to him and to us . We must not think of Daniel merely as a brilliant example : he was far more to us - to the church of God - from that day forward ; and now he is becoming hourly more precious , because the ...
... blessings it bore to him and to us . We must not think of Daniel merely as a brilliant example : he was far more to us - to the church of God - from that day forward ; and now he is becoming hourly more precious , because the ...
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... blessings . own . The Author and Finisher of our faith , the Lord Jesus Christ , is also its great object . Out of him there is nothing to which man may dare to look ; but in him there is a great deal that man does not care to see ...
... blessings . own . The Author and Finisher of our faith , the Lord Jesus Christ , is also its great object . Out of him there is nothing to which man may dare to look ; but in him there is a great deal that man does not care to see ...
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... blessing that combines the riches with the beauties of both . Jonathan unquestionably felt and acted under divine inspiration : nor can we venture to trace , either to the vile selfish nature of fallen man , or to the suggestions of the ...
... blessing that combines the riches with the beauties of both . Jonathan unquestionably felt and acted under divine inspiration : nor can we venture to trace , either to the vile selfish nature of fallen man , or to the suggestions of the ...
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... blessing bespeaks the resignation of a spirit tried in no ordinary degree , but bowing beneath the stroke . The whole description is a sustained appeal to the affections that God has implanted in us ; and however we may allegorize or ...
... blessing bespeaks the resignation of a spirit tried in no ordinary degree , but bowing beneath the stroke . The whole description is a sustained appeal to the affections that God has implanted in us ; and however we may allegorize or ...
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Page 112 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 70 - And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
Page 44 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
Page 37 - And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
Page 108 - And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand...
Page 61 - s thousands o' my mind. [The first recruiting sergeant on record I conceive to have been that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth , and walking up and down in it.
Page 107 - Not for your sakes do I this saith the Lord God, be it known unto you, be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
Page 68 - And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
Page 45 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art : Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Page 115 - Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon : nothing shall be left, saith the Lord. And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away ; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.