The Women of Israel, Volume 2D. Appleton & Company, 1851 |
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Page 331 - And again, still more forcibly—" And it shall come to pass when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind amongst all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, and
Page 88 - he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes, and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
Page 334 - the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord." And if we are daughters and sisters, wives and mothers, of a people so beloved, oh! what does not devolve on us to forward and proclaim the glory, and the mercy, and the wisdom, and the love of Israel's Almighty God! THE
Page 104 - of unpresuming worth deserved. " He went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple : and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honor. And
Page 331 - all the nations whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee; and the Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with
Page 101 - is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so ?" we are induced to suppose that he did not, but imagined it simply some plot against the life and immediate kindred of his queen—a supposition likely enough to excite the fierce wrath, which, when his
Page 118 - are also expressly mentioned. " And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding," etc. "And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and women,
Page 91 - And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes." * We need but instance Isabella of Spain, who, one of the most noble, most magnanimous,
Page 73 - which thou hast heard ; Because thy heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast
Page 40 - on the vision appearing thus boldly before them. And Joab approaching, she bade him " hear the words of thine handmaid. And he said, I do hear. Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel, and so they ended the matter;