The Christian Library: A Reprint of Popular Religious Works ...T. George, Jr., 1836 |
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... head , of a brown shade , perhaps from some preparation used in their toilette . Their features are regular and agreeable , and their countenances manifest an elasticity of spirits that all the hard- ships of slavery are unable to ...
... head , of a brown shade , perhaps from some preparation used in their toilette . Their features are regular and agreeable , and their countenances manifest an elasticity of spirits that all the hard- ships of slavery are unable to ...
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... head against it , and were burning our coals to no purpose . The town is smaller than Mocha , and is protected by a range of castles . We found the place in pos- session of a party of Turks , who had rebelled against Mahomet Ali , pacha ...
... head against it , and were burning our coals to no purpose . The town is smaller than Mocha , and is protected by a range of castles . We found the place in pos- session of a party of Turks , who had rebelled against Mahomet Ali , pacha ...
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... received their abuna , or head , and it is an established law that he shall be a foreigner . It is a natural consequence , that as he has to govern a people whose language and cus- not move a step further . The rest of the 8 THE HOLY LAND .
... received their abuna , or head , and it is an established law that he shall be a foreigner . It is a natural consequence , that as he has to govern a people whose language and cus- not move a step further . The rest of the 8 THE HOLY LAND .
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... head , popery can be pro- gressive in the land . There are a few Abyssi- nian convents upon the Nile , but they are not very numerously tenanted . The Armenians are the most wealthy and respectable of the Christian bodies not already ...
... head , popery can be pro- gressive in the land . There are a few Abyssi- nian convents upon the Nile , but they are not very numerously tenanted . The Armenians are the most wealthy and respectable of the Christian bodies not already ...
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... head of an extended valley , upon the opposite side of which there is a castle upon the peak of a high hill , in which the robber some- times shut himself , and bade defiance to the world . It is said by some to be Modin , the burial ...
... head of an extended valley , upon the opposite side of which there is a castle upon the peak of a high hill , in which the robber some- times shut himself , and bade defiance to the world . It is said by some to be Modin , the burial ...
Common terms and phrases
Alps Amapondas ancient appearance arrived ascended assegai beautiful blessing calabash called Catholic cattle Charka chief Christ Christian church crossed death desert Dingarn distance doctrine Druses Egypt English faith Faku feet Geneva Gospel grace ground half-past hand head heart hill holy horses hundred Indoonas inhabitants Italy Jerusalem Jesus Jews journey Kafir king land Lausanne leave Lord Maronites Martigny ment miles missionary morning mount Mount Lebanon mountains natives nearly never night o'clock observed oxen pacha party passed persons Port Natal prayer present procured Protestant rain reached religion Rhine river road rocks Roman Saviour scarcely Scriptures seen sent side Sir Benjamin D'Urban soon soul spirit spot stones stream Sunday Switzerland Syria thing thou thousand tion town travelled trees tribe truth Tugăla Umtata valley village wagon whole word Zoolu
Popular passages
Page 7 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 32 - Well ; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear : for if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee.
Page 1 - Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh : who are Israelites ; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises ; whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Page 70 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons where each lay, shall be grass, with reeds and rushes.
Page 69 - For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs...
Page 70 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 76 - 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. And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
Page 37 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas...
Page 85 - So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field ? from whence then hath it tares ? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
Page 25 - In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless, saying, " Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.